Andrew Otis is a writer and journalist. He spent five years unearthing the story behind India's first newspaper, initially as a Joseph P. O'Hern scholar and then as a Fulbright Fellow in Kolkata, India. He has lived in India and Sri Lanka, and currently resides in Washington, D.C.
An enthralling tale that ties together themes that are urgently relevant today: freedom of the press, the role of journalism, and the price of speaking truth to power. Andrew Otis rigorously marshalls vast research, often chased down with the instinct of a seasoned investigative journalist, with a scholar's careful analysis and a novelist's stylistic flourish. The result is a nuanced, enriching and utterly compelling read! -- Sunny Singh