a few words about pankaj mishra. he was one of the most acclaimed riders today. he was born in india in 1969. he writes and reports from london, india and points worldwide. he contributes to the new yorker, bloomberg view, financial times and many other publications. his books includes the novel the romantics, the end to suffering. temptations of the west, from the ruins of empire in 2012. that led the economy to characterize him as a leading intellectual who was. [inaudible] [inaudible] the called the book the amazing stories of the grandfathers of today angry asians. the novel chose it as one of the books of the year in the financial times. that book when the crossroad award for the best nonfiction in 2013. in 2014 became the first book by a nonwestern writer to win germany's award for european understanding. was also shortlisted for other awards, for the best nonfiction book in english. [inaudible] the new book, age of anger, history to present is the first essential read of the trump era. the novelist put it this way, it follows berlin, john gray and mark by