Rupinder Singh Brar is a physician, writer, philanthropist, and the director of Adventist Heart and Vascular Institute in Marysville, California. His first book, The Japji of Guru Nanak: A New Translation with Commentary (2019), was also edited by Paul Michael Taylor and is now available from Roli Books. His second, Along Came a Warrior: Banda’s Dharmyudh and the Sikh Theory of Just War (2022), was co-authored with Lt. General Raj Sujlana and published by Sanbun.

Paul Michael Taylor, a research anthropologist, is Director of the Smithsonian’s Asian Cultural History Program and Curator for Asia, Europe, and the Middle East in the Smithsonian’s Anthropology Department. He holds a bachelor’s degree from UCLA and a Ph.D. from Yale University, both in Anthropology, and is an author or editor of numerous books and scholarly articles. He developed the traveling exhibition “Sikhs: Legacy of the Punjab,” with associated catalog, and other publications including Sikh Art from the Kapany Collection (co-edited with Sonia Dhami) and Splendors of Punjab Heritage: Art from the Khanuja Family Collection.