Of unknown date, and surviving in a tenth-century manuscript, Beowulf is the tale of a young Geatish hero and his struggle with three deadly foes, beginning with the dread monster Grendel, who has been devouring warriors in the hall of the Danish King in their sleep.

The most important Old English poem, and the first known major poem written in a European vernacular, Beowulf is a unique and compelling mix of sixth-century historical events, Christian commentary, Germanic myth and Anglo-Saxon culture. The poem is presented here in a dual-text format with a new translation by multi-award-winning translator J.G. Nichols.

Anirban Ganguly is the Director of Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation (SPMRF), the think tank of the BJP. He is the National Co-In-Charge of the Library and Documentation Department of the BJP and member of the Policy Research Department of the party. He has extensively worked in the areas of public policy, political research and ideological issues.

Dr Ganguly is also a scholar of civilisation, history, politics and culture and is a member of the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE), Ministry of Human Resources Development, Member of the Governing Board of Auroville Foundation (MHRD), Member of the Visva-Bharati Samsad (Court), Santiniketan. Between 2010 and 2013 he was a Senior Fellow at Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), New Delhi.

Dr Ganguly had his early education at Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Puducherry, and holds a master's degree in International Relations, a postgraduate diploma in Mass Communication and Journalism and a PhD in education from Jadavpur University, Kolkata.

Dr Ganguly has authored, edited and co-edited the following books, Making of New India: Transformation under Modi Government (2018), Syama Prasad Mookerjee: His Vision of Education (2017), The Modi Doctrine: New Paradigms in India's Foreign Policy (2016), Redefining Governance: Essays on One Year of Narendra Modi Government(2015), Swami Vivekananda, Buddha & Buddhism (2014) and Debating Culture (2013), Education: Philosophy & Practice (2011). He is a columnist with a number of leading dailies.

Shiwanand Dwivedi is a Senior Research Fellow at SPMRF. Born in Sajawon, a village in Deoria district of Uttar Pradesh, he received primary education from the public-funded school of his village and completed higher education from Buddha Post Graduate College, Deen Dayal Upadhyay University, where he showed his keen interest in reading and writing on issues of national importance. He is a prolific author, writing regularly in Hindi on topics related to politics, democracy and social-economy in reputed newspapers and magazines.

Dwivedi has edited the book Parivartan Ki Ore which was published after the completion of two and a half years of the Modi government. He recently edited the book Naye Bharat Ki Ore on the completion of the five-year term of the BJP government.