Anoop Chandola is an Indian American linguist-anthropologist (a U.S. citizen). He was born in an Uttarakhand Himalayan Brahmin family of India and inherited priestly profession. Though his father broke his ancestral polygamous tradition the family suffered the aftereffects of polygamy. He was educated at the universities of Allahabad and Lucknow. His last two degrees in linguistics include an M.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He has taught Indian literature, culture, and religion at several universities in India and the U.S.A., including Sardar Patel University, the M.S. University of Baroda, the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Washington at Seattle, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He retired from the University of Arizona as Professor Emeritus of East Asian Studies. He has been a member of numerous professional associations, including the American Anthropological Association, the Association for Asian Studies, the Linguistic Society of America, and the Linguistic Society of India. Chandola has published numerous papers and sixteen books including four novels. His scholarly research covers linguistics, music, religion, and literature, including extensive interdisciplinary and theoretical analysis. He lives with his wife Sudha in Tucson and Kent, near Seattle. More details about him are available on Wikipedia. He can be contacted by his email: anoopchandola@gmail.com