India, March 23 -- Dear Reader,

When we land at San Francisco International Airport, I stop at the bookstore to check out the new books. To my surprise, Careless People is nowhere to be found. This newly released expose on Facebook (now Meta) has been the talk of the town, so its absence feels glaring-especially here in the heart of Silicon Valley, where tech dominates every conversation. Why isn't it on display?

Later that evening, we stroll down Mason Street to City Lights Books, San Francisco's iconic independent bookstore. The shelves are full of books on Gaza, Palestine, James Baldwin, and the Beat poets. But again, no Careless People. When I ask, a bespectacled employee-a young Indian woman with her long hair neatly braided-replie...