The Author: H.M.K. MOODGAL

C D Paliwal, educated at Allahabad Universityand University of Indonesia, has been the sole teacher of Bahasa Malaysia/Indonesia for over two decades in Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, a Visiting Professor of Civilisation and Culture of south east Asia in Universtiy of Delhi, and a visiting Professor of History, Art and Architecture of South East Asia in the Institute of Art History, National Museum, New Delhi. H M K Moodgal, is currently teaching Indonesian Language in the Centre of Chinese and South East Asian Studies, School of Languages, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He developed a keen interest in the Malayo Polynesian Groupof Languages-Bahasa Malaysia/ Indonesia after his visit to University Sains Malaysia Library, Penang and Singapore in 1992.