Salil Gewali
Salil Gewali is an Indian researcher, writer and journalist. He is a writer of 17 books, including school textbooks. He is best known for the publication of the book "Great Minds on India". It has been translated into twelve languages. Early life and education. Gewali was born in Shillong, Meghalaya in 1971. He completed his post-graduation in English Literature. His father, (Late) Krishna Prasad Gewali was a scholar of ancient scriptures and a writer. He passed his School Leaving Certificate examination from Mawprem Modern High School in 1986 and joined St. Anthony College, Shillong, Meghalaya for further  studies. Literary career. Gewali started his career as a freelance writer in late 1980s. His articles and letters appear in several local, national and international newspapers and magazines. Gewali was convinced from early age that world renowned Quantum physicists including Erwin Schrödinger, Neils Bohr, Julius Oppenheimer, Werner Heisenberg, and David Josephson; and also front-ranking philosophers of the modern times including Voltaire, Johann Goethe, Hegel, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry Thoreau had obtained ideas for their researches and writings from the ancient Indian literature. Gewali had undertaken his research from this belief and it also greatly influenced writing of his  book "Great Minds on India". He is also an India correspondent for AltNewsMedia of London, UK. Section::::"Great Minds on India". Gewali published his book entitled "Great Minds on India" from Penguin Books in 2013. The first edition of the book was published in Xerox format in 1998 and the regular print was published in 2009 which was formally launched by the Governor of Meghalaya – Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary. Later, the book was translated in twelve languages including Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil and Nepali. It is a collection of the thoughts and quotes of world-renowned personalities on India's  cultural heritage and ancient wisdom. It is edited by a former NASA scientist – Prof A.V. Murali of Houston, USA and prefaced by a NASA Chief scientist – Dr. Kamlesh Lulla of Texas, USA. The book was launched by the respective Government of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Meghalaya. The Bengali version of the book was released on 5 July 2019 by the Governor of West Bengal Keshari Nath Tripathi at Raj Bhavan in Kolkata. The book has been translated by Dr RN Das and edited by Prof. Nirmal Maity of Kolkata. The German edition of ‘Great Minds on India’ has been translated  by Caroline Hagen of Cologne, Germany. In June 2018, a short documentary on "Great Minds on India" was released by a Mumbai-based media house - Manthanhub.