The Centre on Thursday appointed diplomat #VikasSwarup secretary of #OverseasIndianAffairs, the Department of Personnel and Training said in an order. He will replace #SanjivArora on August 1. Arora took over the post in February.

Book number 18 for 2018 is a modern fairy tale, tragicomedy, and social commentary all rolled into one very Indian yet universal work of art. I really enjoyed reading it. . . #SlumdogMillionaire #VikasSwarup #books #bookstagram #igreads #ireadbooksactually #nevernotreading https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo5WRW2DoqV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1sjqi52o4rtnf

Unheralded . . . #SlumdogMillionaire #VikasSwarup #books #bookstagram #igreads #ireadbooksactually #nevernotreading https://www.instagram.com/p/Bol2uhtDUlz/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=13qjy5u9c0ipx

My #TopTen2017 of #Books In no particular order #thetrialsofapollo (books one and two) and #magnuschaseandthehammerofthor , the three of them by #RickRiordan, #RojoYOro by #iriagparente and #selenempascual, #sapiens by #yuvalnoahharari, #mistbornseries (more, concretely, #mistbornsecondsaga) by #brandonsanderson, #sixsuspects by #vikasswarup, #LastDayOfACondemnedMan by #victorhugo, #thegrapesofwrath by #johnsteinbeck, #equalrites by #TerryPratchett and, by him and #neilgaiman, #goodomens

👊 #VikasSwarup