Rahul Bhattacharya

Rahul Bhattacharya (born 1979) is an Indian journalist and novelist. He currently resides in New Delhi.

Biography

Rahul Bhattacharya was born in Mumbai, India, and lived briefly as a baby in Calcutta. It was the first major sporting encounter between India and Pakistan in 15 years, a period when the two countries had fought a war. It won the 2005 Vodafone Crossword Book Award in the Popular Award category. In 2010 it was voted number four of the Ten Best Cricket Books of all time in The Wisden Cricketer.

His second book is a novel set in Guyana, entitled The Sly Company of People Who Care. Widely praised, it has drawn Bhattacharya a host of comparisons with V. S. Naipaul. Ondaatje Prize judge Nick Laird said he had "seldom read a book with so much energy", while fellow judge Michèle Roberts called it "one of the most exhilarating novels I have read for years" and praised the author's invention of "a beautiful and original language, mixing street poetry and sharply sensual poetry".

Works 2005: Pundits from Pakistan: On Tour with India, 2003–04 2011: The Sly Company of People Who Care 2025: Railsong