Sugata Srinivasaraju is an independent journalist, author and columnist who has written for nearly three decades at the intersection of politics, culture, and contemporary history. In the past, he has edited newspapers, run television channels and digital news platforms. Over the years, he has been a Chevening Scholar in the UK, a fellow of the Aspen Institute in the USA and Homi Bhabha fellow in India. 

Sugata’s books include: The Conscience Network: A Chronicle of Resistance to a Dictatorship, Strange Burdens: The Politics and Predicaments of Rahul Gandhi, Furrows in a Field: The Unexplored Life of HD Deve Gowda, Pickles From Home: The Worlds of a Bilingual and Keeping Faith with the Mother Tongue: The Anxieties of a Local Language among others.