<p>"I approached it (the book) as narrative non-fiction, where our journey is shared and contextualized with the reader. I often take a step back to more critically examine anecdotes and offer research and statistic to keep me honest. I also rely greatly on many other characters," says Kalita, a senior deputy editor at The Wall Street Journal who hails from Assam.<br /><br />Apart from her stints with various media organisations like Mint, The Washington Post, Newsday and The Associated Press, she is a past president of the South Asian journalists Association and author of the critically acclaimed "Suburban Sahibs - Three Immigrant Families and their Passage from India to America."<br /><br />"I had been tinkering for years with a book on the Indian economy and struggled with how to tell it. Initially, I approached it similar to my first book with a hunt for subjects; and that's how I met many of the people and companies who end up appearing in this work," Kalita, who lives in New York City with her husband and daughter, told PTI.<br /><br />"But as I went along, I grew self-conscious of being an outsider trying to tell the definitive story of such a vast, diverse country. So I haven't - the book is intentionally called 'My Two Indias', focusing on the slices of what I saw, experienced, lived, loathed, loved. I didn't set out to write about myself or my family but it became impossible to separate my unique perspective and experience from the work," she says.<br /><br />As Kalita wrote, she pictured the manager, the CEO, the returnee, the middle-class family living in south Delhi and so on and so forth.<br /><br />"And I pictured my cousins, first-time college attendees, the cyber cafe crowd, folks in second, third, no tier India."<br /><br />Published by HarperCollins' imprint Collins Business, "My Two Indias" takes readers on a journey into the India of old and new.<br /><br />In 2006, Kalita came to Delhi to launch Mint. She and her artist husband entered the elite of Delhi's society, joining a cast of characters from CEOs to cross-dressing curators. In this bubble, they embraced India's rush towards free-market reform. But another economic reality loomed in her home state of Assam - relatives' pleas for jobs, advice and guidance that reflected an Indian tragically bypassed by the boom.<br /><br />"My Two Indias" lucidly reconciles the many faces of India: separate, unequal, inextricably, dependent.<br /><br />Kalita says her next work will be is a guidebook to the Indian workplace.</p>
<p>"I approached it (the book) as narrative non-fiction, where our journey is shared and contextualized with the reader. I often take a step back to more critically examine anecdotes and offer research and statistic to keep me honest. I also rely greatly on many other characters," says Kalita, a senior deputy editor at The Wall Street Journal who hails from Assam.<br /><br />Apart from her stints with various media organisations like Mint, The Washington Post, Newsday and The Associated Press, she is a past president of the South Asian journalists Association and author of the critically acclaimed "Suburban Sahibs - Three Immigrant Families and their Passage from India to America."<br /><br />"I had been tinkering for years with a book on the Indian economy and struggled with how to tell it. Initially, I approached it similar to my first book with a hunt for subjects; and that's how I met many of the people and companies who end up appearing in this work," Kalita, who lives in New York City with her husband and daughter, told PTI.<br /><br />"But as I went along, I grew self-conscious of being an outsider trying to tell the definitive story of such a vast, diverse country. So I haven't - the book is intentionally called 'My Two Indias', focusing on the slices of what I saw, experienced, lived, loathed, loved. I didn't set out to write about myself or my family but it became impossible to separate my unique perspective and experience from the work," she says.<br /><br />As Kalita wrote, she pictured the manager, the CEO, the returnee, the middle-class family living in south Delhi and so on and so forth.<br /><br />"And I pictured my cousins, first-time college attendees, the cyber cafe crowd, folks in second, third, no tier India."<br /><br />Published by HarperCollins' imprint Collins Business, "My Two Indias" takes readers on a journey into the India of old and new.<br /><br />In 2006, Kalita came to Delhi to launch Mint. She and her artist husband entered the elite of Delhi's society, joining a cast of characters from CEOs to cross-dressing curators. In this bubble, they embraced India's rush towards free-market reform. But another economic reality loomed in her home state of Assam - relatives' pleas for jobs, advice and guidance that reflected an Indian tragically bypassed by the boom.<br /><br />"My Two Indias" lucidly reconciles the many faces of India: separate, unequal, inextricably, dependent.<br /><br />Kalita says her next work will be is a guidebook to the Indian workplace.</p>