Nikhil Inamdar is a multimedia journalist with a decade of experience across mediums such as online, magazine and television. He regularly contributes to Quartz, The Wire, Quint and other websites, and also freelances for the NDTV network. His first book Rokda: How Baniyas Do Business was brought out by Random House India in 2014.
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