Shashi Tharoor is the bestselling author of twenty-four books, both fiction and non-fiction, besides being a noted critic and columnist. His books include The Great Indian Novel, India: From Midnight to the Millennium and Beyond, An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India, The New World Disorder and the Indian Imperative (co-authored with Samir Saran), The Paradoxical Prime Minister: Narendra Modi and His India, Why I Am a Hindu, The Hindu Way: An Introduction to Hinduism, The Battle of Belonging: On Nationalism, Patriotism, and What It Means to Be Indian, and, most recently, Pride, Prejudice, and Punditry: The Essential Shashi Tharoor.