PICO IYER COMMENTARY
THINK GLOBAL 

HOST INTRO:

IF GLOBALIZATION IS ONE OF THE CENTRAL DRAMAS OF OUR TIMES, PICO IYER [PEE-ko EYE-er] HAS HAD A FRONT-ROW SEAT. IYER IS AN AWARD-WINNING NOVELIST AND ESSAYIST WHO IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS TRAVEL WRITING FROM SOME OF THE WORLD'S LEAST VISITED PLACES. IN BOOKS LIKE "VIDEO NIGHT IN KATHMANDU" AND "THE GLOBAL SOUL" HE EXPLORES GRAND-SCALE GLOBAL CHANGES FROM EYE LEVEL. HE OFFERS THIS COMMENTARY AS PART OF "THINK GLOBAL," PUBLIC RADIO'S WEEK OF SPECIAL COVERAGE. 

BACK-ANNOUNCE:

PICO IYER'S LATEST BOOK IS "SUN AFTER DARK," AN EXPLORATION OF SOME OF THE WORLD'S POOREST COUNTRIES.