Minhaz MerchantMinhaz Merchant is the biographer of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and the late industrialist Aditya Birla. He founded the pioneering media firm Sterling Newspapers Pvt Ltd, which was later acquired by the Indian Express Group. As a pioneer of secialized magazines in India, Minhaz Merchant has founded and launched over ten magazines. In his second media startup, he also edited and published Innovate, a technology magazine for CEOs in the United States. Uniquely, the magazine was written, edited, and printed in India to global standards, and copies were shipped for distribution by the company’s US partner to American business leaders. A widely published newspaper columnist and television commentator, Minhaz is a recipient of the Lady Jeejeebhoy Scholarship for physics. He lives in Mumbai and is married to the artist Kahini Arte-Merchant. Read More Read Less