Kanishk Tharoor is a writer and broadcaster. He is the presenter of Museum of Lost Objects, a 10-part BBC radio series on cultural destruction in Iraq and Syria. His radio and TV appearances include BBC programmes and the Colbert Report.
His debut collection, Swimmer Among the Stars: Stories, was published in January 2016. His short fiction has won numerous prizes and been nominated for the National Magazine Award.
His pieces on politics and culture have appeared in publications around the world. He writes weekly columns for the Hindustan Times and The Hindu Business Line.
He is currently working on a novel.