Navtej Sarna

Navtej Sarna was born in Jalandhar, India. After studying Commerce and Law at Delhi University, he joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1980. He is presently India’s Ambassador to Israel and has earlier served as a diplomat in Moscow, Warsaw, Thimphu, Geneva, Tehran and Washington DC as well as at Delhi as the Foreign Office Spokesperson.
 
His latest novel The Exile,  based on the life of Maharaja Duleep Singh, was published by Penguin India in 2008. He is also the author of  We Weren’t Lovers Like That (2003), The Book of Nanak  (2003) and Folk Tales of Poland (1991). His short stories have been broadcast over the BBC World Service and published in India and the UK. He contributes regularly to the Times Literary Supplement, The Hindu and other journals.