Namit Arora chose a life of reading and writing after cutting short his career in the Internet industry. Raised in north India, he lived in Louisiana, Northern California, Western Europe, and travelled in scores of countries before returning to India over two decades later in 2013. He is the author of (1) Speaking of History: Conversations about India's Past and Present (with Romila Thapar), (2) Indians: A Brief History of a Civilization, (3) The Lottery of Birth, a collection of essays on inequality, and (4) the novel A California Story (US) / Love and Loathing in Silicon Valley (India). His web home is shunya.net.