Mathew Varghese is a textual scholar who works on textual interpretations of classical Buddhist texts. He uses philosophical hermeneutics for to interpret Sanskrit Buddhist texts into English. He also works on bilingual communication. Here, the pedagogical function of mentalese is used for interpreting thought in more than two languages. He has published four books and several papers including works on bilingual communication, and also edits a newsletter, BilingualValue Bulletin since 2006. He teaches bilingual communication classes at Aoyama Gakuin University, Sophia University, Kanagawa University and Wako University in Tokyo, and also a research fellow at the Hajime Nakamura Eastern Institute, Tokyo.