Madhavi Thampi is an Honorary Fellow at the Institute of Chinese Studies, New Delhi. She taught Chinese History at Delhi University for 35 years. Her publications include Indians in China, 1800-1949 (2005), and China and the Making of Bombay (co-authored with Shalini Saksena, 2009). She is also the editor of the volume India and China in the Colonial World (2005, 2010).