RANA DASGUPTA BOOKS

Rana Dasgupta is an acclaimed British-Indian author and essayist known for his incisive examinations of globalization, power, and the changing contours of modern society. Born in England and educated at Oxford University, Dasgupta has lived for extended periods in Europe and India, experiences that deeply inform his global perspective. He is best known for his widely praised nonfiction work Capital: The Eruption of Delhi, which combines memoir, reportage, and cultural analysis to explore Delhi as a microcosm of global capitalism and social transformation. His writing is marked by intellectual depth, moral urgency, and a keen sensitivity to history, politics, and culture. In addition to nonfiction, Dasgupta has written fiction, including the novel Tokyo Cancelled, which reflects his interest in cosmopolitan lives and transnational narratives. A respected public intellectual, he regularly contributes essays to international publications and engages critically with questions of inequality, nationalism, and the future of democracy in a rapidly shifting world