Blank, Jonah

Jonah Blank, an anthropologist, is South Asia policy advisor to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and author of "Arrow of the Blue-Skinned God: Retracing the Ramayana through India," He has taught anthropology at Harvard University, covered India and Pakistan as a senior editor of "U.S. News and World Report," provided commentary for the BBC, and written for publications ranging from the "New Yorker to Foreign Affairs,"