Vijay Prashad is the George and Martha Kellner Chair of South Asian History and Director and Professor of International Studies at Trinity College. He is the author of eleven books, most recently of The Darker Nations: A People’s history of the Third World, which won the 2009 Muzaffar Ahmad Book Award. He writes regularly for Frontline (Chennai), Himal(Kathmandu), Bol(Lahore) and Counterpunch (on the web). He lives and works in New York.
