desai

noun

1. Morarji (Ranchhodji) (məˈrɑːdʒɪ). 1896–1995, Indian statesman, noted for his asceticism. He founded the Janata party in opposition to Indira Gandhi, whom he defeated in the 1977 election; prime minister of India (1977–79)
2. Kiran, born 1971, Indian writer; her novel The Inheritance of Loss (2006) won the Man Booker Prize