Anand Giridharadas

At-a-Glance

Author of four books: "The Persuaders" (2022), "Winners Take All" (2018), "The True American" (2014), and "India Calling" (2011).
Former foreign correspondent and columnist for The New York Times for over a decade.
Regular on-air political analyst for MSNBC and publisher of The Ink newsletter.
Received the Radcliffe Fellowship and the New York Public Library’s Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism.
Educated at the University of Michigan, Oxford, and Harvard.

Biography

Anand Giridharadas is an American author, journalist, and political pundit. He is the author of four books: "The Persuaders: At the Front Lines of the Fight for Hearts, Minds, and Democracy" (2022), "Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World" (2018), "The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas" (2014), and "India Calling: An Intimate Portrait of a Nation’s Remaking" (2011). His work often explores themes of democracy, power, and societal change.