Anam Arsalan

ANAM ARSALAN is a Doha-based first-time author with a prolific 15-year long career in journalism that took him beyond the shores of India and subsequently made him a sports administrator.

As a sports writer, he has had a stint with a slew of top media houses including India Today, Hindustan Times, The Asian Age, and Delhi Mid-Day among others.

His first international exposure came with the Dutch global sports agency, Infostrada Sports (now Gracenote) in 2010, when he joined their editorial team for the Singapore Youth Olympics, and later got involved with India’s showpiece – the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.

A drive to think out of the box and a passion for the Olympic sports eventually landed him at the Qatar Olympic Committee.

The memoir, Doha! Diary of a Delhi-O-holic is a satirical account of the author’s life, intertwined between the two capital cities, with all its myriad characters.

The ups and downs, the moods swings (yes, even men have ’em) and his quest for love and solace on cyberspace add spice to those 16 fascinating tales from the land driven by oil, exchange rate, and sports.

He can be reached at anam.arsalan@gmail.com.