KhairTabish Khair is a critically acclaimed author and poet. His other studies are recognized as significant contributions in areas as diverse as Indian English literature, travel writing, postcolonialism, and gothic fiction. He has won the All India Poety Prize and his novels have been shortlisted for various major awards and translated into several languages. The Thing about Thugs was shortlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize (2010) and the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature (2012). At present, he teaches English at Aarhus University, Denmark. Read More Read Less