Sadanand Dhume writes a biweekly column on India and South Asia for WSJ.com. He focuses on the area’s politics, economics and overseas coverage.

Mr. Dhume can also be a resident fellow on the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C. Beforehand he labored because the New Delhi bureau chief of the Far Japanese Financial Overview (FEER), and as Indonesia correspondent for FEER and The Wall Avenue Journal Asia.

Mr. Dhume is the writer of “My Pal the Fanatic: Travels with a Radical Islamist,” (Skyhorse Publishing, 2009), which charts the rise of the unconventional Islamist motion in Indonesia. His subsequent guide will have a look at India’s transformation for the reason that election of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014.

Mr. Dhume holds a bachelor’s diploma in sociology from the College of Delhi, a grasp’s diploma in worldwide relations from Princeton College and a grasp’s diploma in journalism from Columbia College. He lives in Washington, D.C. together with his spouse, and travels regularly to India.