Ruchir Joshi isthe author of The Last Jet-Engine Laugh, a novel, and Poriborton!,a book about the 2011 state elections in West Bengal. He has been a columnistfor The Telegraph, The Hindu, The EconomicTimes and other newspapers, and has contributed to Granta, IndiaMagazine, Man's World, Seminar, E-Flux, Wittede Witt Review, The Indian Quarterly, etc. He has also directeddocumentaries and essay films, including the award-winning Tales fromPlanet Kolkata.