R. Balakrishnan (ஆர். பாலகிருஷ்ணன்), a postgraduate in Tamil literature, is the first student of Tamil literature to clear the Civil Service exam. He joined the Indian Administration Service in 1984. …
John Perkins is an activist and author. As a former chief economist at Boston strategic-consulting firm Chas. T. Main, Perkins says that he was an "economic hit man" for 10 years, helping U.S. intelli…
Arundhati Roy is an Indian writer who is also an activist who focuses on issues related to social justice and economic inequality. She won the Booker Prize in 1997 for her novel, The God of Small Thin…
First prime minister of independent India (1947 – 64), Nehru was educated at home and in Britain and became a lawyer in 1912. More interested in politics than law, he was impressed by Mohandas K. Gand…
Patrick Radden Keefe is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of The Snakehead and Chatter. His work has also appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Slate, New York, and The New York Revie…
Benyamin (born 1971, Benny Daniel) is an Indian novelist and short story writer in Malayalam language from Nhettur, Kulanada, Pattanamtitta district of the south Indian state of Kerala. He is residing…
Amish is an IIM (Kolkata) educated, banker turned award-winning author. The success of his debut book, The Immortals of Meluha (Book 1 of the Shiva Trilogy), encouraged him to give up a fourteen-year-…
ஜி. நாகராஜன் (G. Nagarajan) தமிழ் எழுத்தாளர். நவீனத்துவம் தமிழுக்கு உருவாக்கியளித்த முக்கியமான கலைஞர். பாலியல் தொழிலாளர்கள், குற்றவாளிகள் ஆகியோரின் அடித்தள உலகை சித்தரிப்பவை இவருடைய எழுத்துக்கள். மனித…
राहुल सांकृत्यायन जिन्हें महापंडित की उपाधि दी जाती है हिन्दी के एक प्रमुख साहित्यकार थे। वे एक प्रतिष्ठित बहुभाषाविद् थे और बीसवीं सदी के पूर्वार्ध में उन्होंने यात्रा वृतांत/यात्रा साहित्य तथा विश्व…
I figured this bio was looking a little cobwebby, so here to update it a bit (January 2026). What's changed in the decade since I wrote my initial bio? Mmmm, not a lot. I still enjoy b…
I'm the author of several Japanese culture books: The Magic of Japan, Ikigai the Japanese Secret for a Long and Happy Life, The Book of Ichigo Ichie, Shinrinyoku, The Ikigai Journey and A Geek in Japa…
Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy (E.V. Ramasamy), commonly known as Periyar (பெரியார்), also referred to as Thandhai Periyar, was an Indian social activist and politician who started the Self-Respect Movemen…
