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Sh. Kiran Bhat

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Sh. Kiran Bhat

Indian-American Author & Polyglot

Shri Kiran Bhat is an Indian-American author, traveller, and polyglot, best known as the author of we of the forsaken world…. He has published books in five languages and his writing has appeared in journals including The Caravan, Outlook India, Sahitya Akademi, The Kenyon Review, Prairie Schooner, The Brooklyn Rail, The Colorado Review, 3:AM Magazine, Cordite Poetry Review, and SOFTBLOW, among many others. He has visited 177 countries, lived in 25 cities, and speaks twelve languages. He currently lives in Mumbai, where he is co-chair of the Environmental Sustainability Subcommittee of the Global Indian Council.