Anurag Basnet

Anurag Basnet is Managing Editor at Speaking Tiger Books. He has been in the publishing industry for 12 years. Anurag started his career with Penguin Books India and later worked with Rupa Publications before taking up his current position. He is the translator of Anil Yadav’s Woh Bhi Koi Des Hai, Maharaj! (2011) into Is That Even a Country, Sir! (2017), a travelogue in Northeast India that has achieved the status of a cult classic in contemporary Hindi literature. He has also co-translated The Free Voice: On Democracy, Culture and the Nation (2018) by the acclaimed journalist and news anchor Ravish Kumar.