About the author
Samanth Subramanian is a New Delhi?based journalist. He has written for the New Yorker, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Guardian, Caravan and Mint. His first book, Following Fish: Travels around the Indian Coast, won the 2010 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize in India and was shortlisted for the 2013 Andr? Simon Award in the United Kingdom.