Richard Crasta is the Bangalore-born and long-time New York-resident author of 12 books, including the widely published novel of childhood, quest, and realization, "The Revised Kama Sutra," which was described as "very funny" by Kurt Vonnegut and was published in 10 countries and in 7 languages.

His books include fiction, nonfiction, essays, autobiography, humor, and satire, and tend to exhibit a political edge and passion and an ironic tone. Throughout his literary career, he has been driven by a passion for freedom, self-expression, and resistance to colonialism and censorship, including that indirect form of censorship known as ethnic pigeonholing, in which writers coming from certain backgrounds are expected to write in a certain manner. His books, which include "The Revised Kama Sutra," "Impressing the Whites," "The Killing of an Author," (the three books that comprise his Freedom Trilogy) and "Fathers and Sons, Love and War." They have been described as "going where no Indian writer has gone before," and attempt to present an unedited, uncensored self.

Richard Crasta has traveled widely, and though a New York resident technically, spends most of his time in Asia, working on seven books in progress.

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