The author of India Calling: An Intimate Portrait of a Nation’s Remaking, he is a Henry Crown fellow of the Aspen Institute and has received honors from the Society of Publishers in Asia, the South Asian Journalists Association and the Poynter Fellowship in Journalism at Yale. In addition to writing the “Admit One” column for the New York Times arts pages and the “Currents” column for its global edition, Giridharadas appears regularly on TV and the radio, including on CNN, MSNBC, NPR, Morning Joe and The Daily Show. Listen to Anand Giridharadas‘ interview about the book and “What Makes a True American” on The Brian Lehrer Show (from New York Public Radio) here:

Through the stories of these two men, Giridharadas exposes the complexities and realities of the continuum of American life and identities. The first man, Raisuddin Bhuiyan, is a Bangladeshi immigrant who became the victim of a hate crime committed by the second, Mark Stroman, a racist with a history of violence who went on a shooting spree after the 9/11 attacks.

The True American is the story of two men and one nation. Norton & Company), which is the winner of the 2015 NYPL Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism. The College of Charleston College Reads! program has prepared an interactive reading guide and companion for The True American ( W. As part of the program, the author and one of the subjects of The True American, Raisuddin Bhuiyan, will be on the College of Charleston campus on October 24 and 25, 2016, and there will be a public lecture and dialogue on Monday, October 24, at 7 p.m.

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