Samanth Subramanian is a senior writer for Quartz, covering the future of capitalism, and a contributing writer for the Guardian Long Read. He is also the author of three books: "Following Fish: Travels Around the Indian Coast," "This Divided Island: Stories from the Sri Lankan War," and his latest, "A Dominant Character: The Radical Science and Restless Politics of J. B. S. Haldane."

His writing has appeared in the New Yorker, the New York Times, WIRED, Granta, Harper's, the Guardian, the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, 1843-Intelligent Life, Aeon, Mint, Travel + Leisure, and Caravan. For years, he also co-hosted The Intersection, a fortnightly science and culture podcast from Audiomatic.

In this episode of BIC Talks, Samanth responds to a wide variety of questions on his work, process, books and experiences in an open forum that was a part of the Bangalore Literature Festival 2021.

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