About the Author

Pranay Gupte is a veteran journalist, author and columnist. He is currently the editor-in-chief of www.english.alarabiya.net, Al Arabiya's English- language website. Mr Gupte has been a correspondent for the New York Times in Africa, the Middle East and India, as well as an investigative reporter for Forbes and a columnist for Newsweek International. His articles have appeared in major publications globally, including the New York Times Magazine, the Atlantic, Reader's Digest, Harvard International Review and the Washington Post Book Review. He launched and sustained the Earth Times, 1991 - 2003. He is frequently a guest commentator on TV and radio programmes on CNN, National Public Radio and the BBC, and is an elected life member of the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. Mr Gupte, born in Mumbai, is a US national who lives in New York, Dubai and Delhi. He can be reached at pranaygupte@gmail.com