Kaushik Barua
Kaushik Barua is the winner of the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar award (the Young Writer Award from the Indian National Academy of Letters) for his first book, Windhorse, published by HarperCollins in 2013. His work has been translated into Italian.
His second book, No Direction Rome, was published by Fourth Estate/ HarperCollins India in 2015, and will be published in the US by Permanent Press in end-2017. No Direction Rome is a dark comedy and described as a narrative where 'Kerouac meets James Joyce meets Harold and Kumar'.
His writing has appeared in The Hindu, The Indian Express, The Guardian, Open Democracy and other Indian and international publications. He is currently based in Rome. He has worked over the last decade in the development sector, supporting development projects across Asia and Africa.
His second book, No Direction Rome, was published by Fourth Estate/ HarperCollins India in 2015, and will be published in the US by Permanent Press in end-2017. No Direction Rome is a dark comedy and described as a narrative where 'Kerouac meets James Joyce meets Harold and Kumar'.
His writing has appeared in The Hindu, The Indian Express, The Guardian, Open Democracy and other Indian and international publications. He is currently based in Rome. He has worked over the last decade in the development sector, supporting development projects across Asia and Africa.
