Santosh Kiro studied at St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata and University of Madras. A former correspondent with The Telegraph, his articles have appeared in Hindustan Times, The Pioneer and The Wire as well. He is also the author of ‘Eternal Mystery’ (fiction) and ‘The Munda Folktales and Elephant Stories’. He has also co-edited two journals— ‘Antyodaya se Sarvodaya’ and ‘Jharkhand Mein Krishi: Sankalp Evam Samadhan’. A Ph.D. Research Scholar at Ranchi University, he is coming up with comparative study of Munda Philosophy with Vedic Philosophy. Presently, he teaches at St. Xavier’s College, Ranchi.