On most days, I would elaborate on these stories — as opposed to just blandly hyperlinking to them here. These stories have certainly taken a lot of work — and I feel proud of them. And yet, with news coming today that Desraj Kali has passed away, I want to get these blogposts out of the way and write a short note on Kali.
Oligarchs come and go. People like Kali are rarer. Off I go to commemorate him on this blog.
I am an Indian journalist with interests in energy, environment, climate and India’s ongoing slide into right-wing authoritarianism. My book, Despite the State, an examination of pervasive state failure and democratic decay in India, was published by Westland Publications, India, in January 2021. My work has won the Bala Kailasam Memorial Award; the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award; and five Shriram Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism. Write to me at despitethestate@protonmail.com.
“Westland closure: Titles that are selling fast and a few personal recommendations,” by Chetana Divya Vasudev, Moneycontrol. (Because this happened too. In February, a year after DtS was released, Amazon decided to shutter Westland, which published the book. The announcement saw folks rushing to buy copies of Westland books before stocks run out.)
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