October 19, 2009 3:58PM 

# Who Is John Gupta? 

By [Ilya Shapiro](https://www.cato.org/people/ilya-shapiro) 

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Apparently Ayn Rand’s popularity is [growing on the subcontinent](http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/10/19/howard_roark_in_new_delhi?page=0,0). For more on Rand’s resurgence, attend or watch online [this Cato event](https://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=6416) next week.

(H/T: [Josh Blackman](http://joshblogs.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/going-galt-in-india-sales-of-rand-skyrocket-in-worlds-largest-democracy/).)

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