Mira Kamdar lives in Paris and is a faculty member at the École de Journalisme at Sciences Po. She teaches in the masters program jointly managed with the Paris School of International Affairs. She is the author of Planet India: the Turbulent Rise of the Largest Democracy and Motiba’s Tattoos: A Granddaughter’s Journey Into her Indian Family’s Past. “Motiba’s Tattoes” was a 2000 Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection and won the 2002 Washington Book Award. She has been a senior fellow at the World Policy Institute since 1992 and an associate fellow at the Asia Society in New York. Ms. Kamdar has written for many publications, including The Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The Caravan (New Delhi), Le Monde Diplomatique, Courrier International and The New York Timess India Ink blog. She has a bachelors degree from Reed College in Portland, Ore., and a Ph.D. in French literature from the University of California, Berkeley. The Website of the World Policy Institute in New York, which she headed, says that Mira’s expertise includes: “India, Indian Diaspora, South Asia, France, Equity and Sustainability, Food Security, Global Warming, Globalization, Minority Integration, U.S.-India Relations, U.S. Foreign Policy.” Mira is a regular speaker at high-level international gatherings in the United States, Europe and Asia. Her opinions and articles have appeared in publications around the world, including Washington Post, International Herald Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, World Policy Journal, Times of India, Daily News & Analysis, Outlook, Tehelka, The Guardian, Yale Global. Mira writes in French for Le Monde Diplomatique magazine and the blog Planète Asie, and for her regular column “Le mot de l’Inde” published in Courrier International. She blogs for the Huffington Post and for World Policy Journal. Mira regularly provides expert commentary for radio and television, including CNN International, Bloomberg TV, BBC, National Public Radio, Public Radio International, Headlines Today, TV Asia, Radio France International and France 24. She is currently writing a book on Gandhi. Her Twitter handle is: @mirakamdar
Posted on: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 14:12:26 +0000
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