Lila Rajiva

Who is Lila Rajiva?

Lila Rajiva is a journalist and author residing in Baltimore, Maryland. She has degrees in economics and English from India, as well as a Master's degree from Johns Hopkins University, where she did doctoral work in international relations and political philosophy. She has taught at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

Lila Rajiva's writing can be found on web and print publications, including Endervidualism, Himal South Asian, India West, The Hindu, Outlook India, Forbes, The Washington Post, CounterPunch, Dissident Voice, Doublestandards.org, Lewrockwell.com, The Daily Reckoning and MRZine. She has also contributed chapters and articles to several academic texts and journals and has been cited across half a dozen disciplines in leading American and international journals.

Rajiva is the author of The Language of Empire: Abu Ghraib and the American Media, published by Monthly Review Press, and the co-author of Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets with Bill Bonner, published by Wiley. The first book examines the place of Iraqi prisoner torture in U.S. culture and politics and is a study of propaganda; the second book details mass delusions in the markets and politics and explains why they continually arise. The book accurately predicted the financial crisis and was awarded the GetAbstract International Book Award for 2008.