Sudhir Thomas Vadaketh

Sudhir is a writer who in 2012 published his first book, Floating on a Malayan Breeze: Travels in Malaysia and Singapore, a socio-economic narrative on the two countries. In 2014 he co-authored a collection of essays, Hard Choices: Challenging the Singapore Consensus.

He is currently working on a book about China and India.

Sudhir was born in Singapore to a Marwari (Rajasthani) mother and a Malayalee (Keralite) father. After completing high school and mandatory military service, he left Singapore for the US, spending six years at Berkeley and Harvard.

Sudhir returned to Singapore in 2005, and currently lives there with his wife and their two cats. He has written for a variety of publications, including The Economist and The Straits Times.