--- title: Salil Tripathi | TIME description: Salil Tripathi is an Indian-born writer and author based in New York. His latest book, The Gujaratis: A Portrait of the Community, was published earlier this year. He is a member of the board of PEN International. canonical: https://time.com/author/salil-tripathi/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/salil-tripathi/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Salil Tripathi ## Salil Tripathi Salil Tripathi is an Indian-born writer and author based in New York. His latest book, [_The Gujaratis: A Portrait of the Community_](https://www.alephbookcompany.com/book/the-gujaratis-a-portrait-of-a-community/), was published earlier this year. He is a member of the board of PEN International. ## Salil Tripathi *  Aug 8, 2025 ### [How Modi Misread Trump](https://time.com/7308311/modi-trump-india-us-tariffs/) The Indian PM banked on warm relations with his U.S. counterpart—but then came a whopping 50% tariff... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 5, 2024 ### [Modi's Unraveling Has Begun](https://time.com/6985816/modi-unraveling-india-election/) Stripped of a majority for the first time, the Indian Prime Minister faces a host of challenges—not ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 20, 2023 ### [India’s Worsening Democracy Makes It an Unreliable Ally](https://time.com/6288505/indias-worsening-democracy-makes-it-an-unreliable-ally/) India’s interests are not aligned with Western interests [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/salil-tripathi/","name":"Salil Tripathi"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/salil-tripathi/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/salil-tripathi/"},"name":"Salil Tripathi","jobTitle":"Contributor","description":"Salil Tripathi is an Indian-born writer and author based in New York. His latest book, The Gujaratis: A Portrait of the Community, was published earlier this year. He is a member of the board of PEN International.","url":"https://time.com/author/salil-tripathi/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```