Anand Giridharadas talked about his book India Calling: An Intimate Portrait of a Nation's Remaking (Times Books, 2011), an account of his return to the India that his parents left. In 2009, he completed a four-and-a-half-year tour reporting from India for The New York Times and the Herald Tribune, as their first Bombay presence in the modern era. He responded to questions from members of the audience.

This presentation was in the James Michener Non-Fiction Pavilion on the grounds of City Hall at the 2nd annual Gaithersburg Book Festival.