--- description: Taseer is the author of several works of fiction and nonfiction. His latest book is A Return to Self: Excursions in Exile title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Aatish Taseer ## Aatish Taseer Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Taseer is the author of several works of fiction and nonfiction. His latest book is [_A Return to Self: Excursions in Exile_](https://books.catapult.co/books/a-return-to-self/) ## Aatish Taseer Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Jul 15, 2025 ### [In Exile, I Lost India But Gained a Home](https://time.com/7297264/exile-from-india-aatish-taseer-essay/) After my OCI was revoked, effectively banning me from India, an unexpected emotion crept over me: re... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 27, 2021 ### [Survivor's Guilt of Watching India's COVID-19 Catastrophe](https://time.com/5959242/india-covid-19-catastrophe-guilt/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 8, 2019 ### [I am Indian. Why Is the Government Sending Me Into Exile?](https://time.com/5721667/aatish-taseer-india-oci/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 9, 2019 ### [Can the World's Largest Democracy Endure Another Five Years of a Modi Government?](https://time.com/5586415/india-election-narendra-modi-2019/) As India goes to the polls, the world's biggest democracy is more divided than ever [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/aatish-taseer/","name":"Aatish Taseer"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/aatish-taseer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/aatish-taseer/"},"name":"Aatish Taseer","jobTitle":"Contributor","description":"Taseer is the author of several works of fiction and nonfiction. His latest book is A Return to Self: Excursions in Exile","url":"https://time.com/author/aatish-taseer/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```