Shanta Acharya was born and educated in Orissa, India. She studied at Oxford and Harvard before working as an investment banker in London. The author of nine books, she has been pu...ver maisShanta Acharya was born and educated in Orissa, India. She studied at Oxford and Harvard before working as an investment banker in London. The author of nine books, she has been published in fields as diverse as poetry, literary studies, and finance. A World Elsewhere is her first novel.ver menos