Rasheed Kidwai is an author, journalist and political analyst. Formerly associate editor at The Telegraph, Calcutta. Earlier he has worked with The Asian Age, Asian News International (ANI) and National Herald. Rasheed is the Resident Commentator with CNN-News 18 TV news channel and political analyst with many leading Indian TV news channels. He is a columnist with The Tribune, Mumbai Mirror, The Print, and many more. His books are "Neta Abhineta: Bollywood Star Power in Indian Politics", "Ballot: Ten Episodes that Have Shaped India’s Democracy" and "Sonia: A Biography". He is also the visiting fellow at Observer Research Foundation.