Lloyd Rudolph obituary

My friend Lloyd Rudolph, who has died aged 88, was a renowned scholar of South Asia studies and a professor emeritus of political science at the University of Chicago.

Lloyd and his wife Susanne, also a University of Chicago professor, were insightful commentators on South Asia for more than 60 years and co-wrote books including The Modernity of Tradition (1967), Education and Politics in India (1972), In Pursuit of Lakshmi; The Political Economy of the Indian State (1987), Reversing the Gaze (2000), Postmodern Gandhi (2006) and Explaining Indian Democracy (2008).