Shishir Gupta

Shishir Gupta is Executive Editor of the Hindustan Times. He is author of The Himalayan Face-off : Chinese Assertion and Indian Riposte, published by Hachette (India) in March 2014. The book deals with the threat from Beijing to New Delhi and the emerging tussle between an aspiring global power and an rising one. The book was described as "must read" by former Indian Finance Minister P Chidambaram and "deeply insightful" by present Indian Finance, Defence and Corporate Affairs Minister Arun Jaitley.