K. S. (Kapil Satish) Komireddi is an essayist, journalist, public speaker, and speechwriter-advisor. His commentary, criticism, and reportage--from South Asia, Europe, and the Middle East--appear, among other leading publications, in The New York Times, Washington Post, Daily Mail, Los Angeles Times, Economist, and the Spectator. A foreign affairs panellist on Monocle radio, he appears on BBC, CNN, ABC, CBC to discuss international affairs. This is his first book.