Editorial Note: This video of Mini Nair reading from her newest book The Fourth Passenger was filmed by Sebastian Thomas in Dubai.
Mini Nair lives in Mumbai with her family. One of her story ideas about illegal embryo sex selection was made into a film by the nonprofit organization, Population First. She has published two books in India; an illustrated children's book and a pharmaceutical biography about B.V. Patel. The Fourth Passenger is her first novel.
A special section devoted to International Literary Journalism headlines the March 2012 issue of WLT, including a fascinating interview with Anthony Shadid.