Anand Giridharadas writes the Currents column for the "International Herald Tribune" and "The New York Times" online. He is the author of "India Calling: An Intimate Portrait of a Nation's Remaking". A native of Cleveland, Ohio, and a graduate of the University of Michigan, he worked in Bombay as a management consultant until 2005, when he began reporting from that city for the "Herald Tribune" and the "Times". He now lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.