Sadanand Dhume

Sadanand Dhume is an American writer and journalist based in Washington D.C. He is the author of My Friend the Fanatic: Travels with a Radical Islamist, a travel narrative about the rise of fundamentalism in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country.

In 2007 Dhume was an inaugural Bernard Schwartz Fellow at the Asia Society.

Dhume is a self-identified atheist.

Publications

 * My Friend the Fanatic (New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2009).
 * "India Needs Harvard as Well as Hard Work" The Wall Street Journal, October 17, 2019.
 * "Pakistan, Stop Coddling Terrorists" The Wall Street Journal, November 29, 2018.
 * "India Should Quit Harassing the ‘Super-Rich’," The Wall Street Journal, August 22, 2019.
 * "Hindu Supremacism Turns Deadly in Delhi," Wall Street Journal, March 5, 2020.
 * "The Dueling Narratives of India’s Kashmir Crackdown," The Atlantic, September 5, 2019.
 * "Is India an Ally?" Commentary, January 2008.
 * "Sir Salman Rushdie," The Wall Street Journal, June 23, 2007.
 * "Playboy in Indonesia," The Wall Street Journal, March 29, 2007.