What sets Aiyar’s work apart is that it is not written by an academic or expert, nor is it told from either a Western or Chinese viewpoint…… she has discovered a way of bridging her native and adopted homes. Smoke and Mirrors is a smart, insightful book about modern China. Aside from her work as a journalist, she has taught news writing to students at the Beijing Broadcasting Institute and served as an advisor to the Confederation of Indian Industry on China-related issues. Award-winning journalist Pallavi Aiyar has spent several years reporting from, and parenting in, China, Europe and Indonesia. Her China travelogue, Smoke and Mirrors, won the. She was also awarded a Reuters Foundation Fellowship at Oxford in the same year. Award-winning foreign correspondent Pallavi Aiyar has reported from. She is the winner of the 2007 Prem Bhatia Memorial Award for excellence in political reporting and analysis, the youngest ever recipient of the prize. She has reported from across China for over six years. Moderated by Siddhartha Deb, Writer in Residence at The New School Pallavi Aiyar is the Beijing-based China Bureau Chief for The Hindu group of publications. Author and journalist Pallavi Aiyar will discuss her book Smoke and Mirrors, a personal account of her years spent living and working in China.
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