Anand Giridharadas

Anand Giridharadas is an American author and newspaper columnist. He writes for The New York Times and the International Herald Tribune, and has published two books: India Calling: An Intimate Portrait of a Nation's Remaking (2011) and The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas (2014).

TED Speaker Bio
"A New York Times columnist and the author of two books, Anand Giridharadas chronicles how the extraordinary economic, political and technological changes of our time shape the way we live, love, parent, vote, revolt, consume, strive and dream. In his 2014 book, The True American, he documents an immigrant’s struggle amid the 'War on Terror' to save his would-be killer from death row – in the name of Islam. His first book, India Calling, portrays a society transformed psychologically by explosive growth and opening to the world, seen through the lens of a writer returning to his parents' homeland." – Source: TED

Talks

 * Anand Giridharadas: A tale of two Americas. And the mini-mart where they collided (March 2015)

Works

 * How to Talk About Race Without Talking About Race by Anand Giridharadas (November 24, 2014), The New York Times

Links

 * Official website
 * Twitter