Perry Garfinkel

Perry Garfinkel has contributed to The New York Times since 1986, covering trends in culture, health, psychology, spirituality, business, cuisine, and travel. He wrote the U.S. bestselling book, Buddha or Bust: In Search of Truth, Meaning and Happiness, and the Man Who Found Them All which was also published in Italy and Brazil.
He has traveled in and written about India from the days when he was a hippie on the trail of a guru. Since 2004 he has come almost every year as accomplished journalist. He’s also been a consultant to one of India’s most prominent hotel groups, as well as to the House of Mewar in Udaipur, Rajasthan.
He worked as reporter and/or editor for, among others, the Boston Globe, the Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger and the Martha’s Vineyard Times. His work has also appeared in the LA Times, Men’s Health Magazine, Psychology Today, Huffington Post and many others. He was among the founding editors of New Age Journal, and helped launch EcoTraveler Magazine. In television, he wrote scripts for the Travel Channel and News Travel Network. A lifelong drummer, he was percussionist with the New Jersey All-State Orchestra and has played in rock, blues and jazz bands since high school, and even studied tabla briefly.