Sudeep Chakravarti
Sudeep Chakravarti is the author of several groundbreaking and bestselling works of narrative non-fiction (Red Sun, finalist for the Crossword Award in 2009; Highway 39; and Clear. Hold. Build, winner of the Award for Excellence at the Asian Publishing Awards, 2014), novels (Tin Fish, The Avenue of Kings) and short stories. His essays and short fiction have appeared in collections in India and overseas, and, like his books, have been translated into several languages.
He is among India’s leading independent commentators on matters of conflict and conflict resolution, democracy and development, political economy and the convergence of business and human rights. An extensively published columnist at Mint and elsewhere, he has over three decades of experience in media and has worked with major global and Indian media organizations including the Asian Wall Street Journal, where he began his career and held leadership positions at Sunday, the India Today Group and HT Media. An avid scuba diver, Sudeep’s key interest away from writing and travelling remains marine conservation. He lives in the Velliangiri Hills in Tamil Nadu and Goa.
Sudeep Chakravarti
Penguin India