India, Nov. 5 -- The tall and stately Rupin Walter Desai commands awe, esteem, and gratitude among scores of Delhiwale, who had the privilege of attending his English Literature lectures in Delhi University. That said, the professor's professional academic days are long gone; he retired more than 30 years ago. However, the man's formidable stature is continually invigorated by his unceasing intellectual interventions, and has transcended the university circles. Professor Desai happens to be among India's greatest living Shakespeare scholars. He founded the highly regarded Hamlet Studies, a journal that he single-handedly sustained for more than two decades. Indeed, to commemorate his lifetime's worth of scholarship, the professor's colleagu...