Modi Is Hurting Himself by Brawling With the BBC

Sadanand Dhume writes a biweekly column on India and South Asia for WSJ.com. He focuses on the politics, economics and foreign policy of the region.

Mr. Dhume is also a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC. Previously, he served as the New Delhi bureau chief of the Far Eastern Economic Review (FEER), and as an Indonesian correspondent for FEER and The Wall Street Journal Asia.

Dhume is the author of “My Friend the Fanatic: Travels with a Radical Islamist,” (Skyhorse Publishing, 2009), which chronicles the rise of radical Islam in Indonesia. His next book will examine India’s transformation since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s election in 2014.

Mr. Dhume holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Delhi, a master’s degree in international relations from Princeton University and a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University. He lives in Washington, DC with his wife and travels to India often.