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Feroze Varun Gandhi is a third-term Member of Parliament, who has represented the Pilibhit and Sultanpur constituencies in Uttar Pradesh. He was the youngest-ever national secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party from 2008 to 2011, and the party?s youngest-ever national general secretary from 2011 to 2014. With a passion for policymaking, he has been a member of several parliamentary standing committees including those on defence and external affairs. He is a widely respected opinion leader and policy analyst, writing for 20+ newspapers in all major Indian languages. His incisive views have helped shape debates on policy matters, while keeping millions engaged (over 200 million readers) through his widely read columns. A poet by inclination, Gandhi has published two bestselling volumes of poetry. His first collection of poems, The Otherness of Self was published in 2000 at age 20, and his second book of poetry, Stillness, was published in 2015. His writings reflect his focus on reimagining India across rural and urban spaces. His last book, A Rural Manifesto: Realizing India?s Future through Her Villages, published in December 2018, presented an alternative approach to mainstream ideas of rural development. The Indian Metropolis: Deconstructing India?s Urban Spaces is his fourth book.