Arundhati Khandkar was formerly Professor of Philosophy at S.I.E.S. College, University of Mumbai. She has written several books including Baja, the translation of Machiavelli’s The Prince; Tarkateertha: Prajnyapravah, a biography of Laxmanshastri Joshi; and Adi Shankaracharya: Life and Philosophy. She has translated the book Spiritual Materialism by Tarkateertha Laxmanshastri Joshi from Marathi into English.