Gautam Malkani is a journalist for ''

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of the novel '' Londonstani''. He has worked on the FT's UK news desk in London as well as in the Washington bureau. He is currently an associate editor on the FT Weekend Magazine, after a spell on the newspaper's Business Life section. He was born in

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on 27 August 1976. Malkani's mother was a

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descent. He studied Social and Political Sciences at Christ's College, Cambridge. Malkani currently resides in London.

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Guatam Malkani's WebsiteHarperCollins UK author page
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