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The Personal and the Political
A War Correspondent’s Travails in Africa
Speakers
After ten years of reporting from central Africa for The New York Times, Associated Press, and others, Anjan Sundaram finds himself living a quiet life in Shippagan, Canada, with his wife and newborn. But when word arrives of preparations for ethnic cleansing in the Central African Republic, he is suddenly torn between his duty as a husband and father, and his moral responsibility to report on a conflict unseen by the world.
Breakup: A Marriage in Wartime illuminates the personal price that war correspondents pay as they bear witness on the frontlines of humanitarian crimes across the world. This introspective book is a grounded account of one man’s inner turmoil in the context of a dangerous journey through a warzone.
In this session, Anjan is in conversation with Siddharth Raja. A Q&A with the audience will follow.
Speakers
Anjan Sundaram
Anjan Sundaram is the author of the award-winning memoirs Stringer, Bad News, and Breakup. His books have been featured by Christiane Amanpour, Fareed Zakaria, and Jon Stewart. He writes regularly for The New York Review of Books and Granta magazine. He graduated from Yale University with degrees in mathematics and holds a PhD in journalism from the University of East Anglia.
Siddharth Raja
A seasoned corporate lawyer, Siddharth focuses on private equity and venture capital transactions; foreign-exchange law and enforcement; and on cross-border and domestic mergers and acquisitions. His love for history has led him to run a successful historical walking tour company – along with his wife, Priya – Nandi Valley Walks. In his spare time, Siddharth pursues historical research on the Princely State of Mysore.
