Swatahsiddha Sarkar is a Professor at the Centre for Himalayan Studies, University of North Bengal. In addition to three books—Gorkhaland Movement (2013), Ethnicity in India (2013), and Contours of South Asian Social Anthropology (2022)—he has more than 50 research articles published in national/ international academic journals. He occasionally contributes to public platforms such as The Hindu, The Kathmandu Post, Kantipur, and Sikkim Express, among others. He has been actively engaged in teaching and research for over two decades, consistently contributing to pedagogical renewal in Himalayan Studies and to critical rethinking of the Himalaya. He is one of the Associate Editors of Studies in Nepali History and Society (SINHAS). Sarkar has coined the idea of ‘Himalaya as Method’ (2022).