Ananya Vajpeyi

Ananya Vajpeyi is an Indian academic and writer. She is Associate Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies. She is the author of the award-winning book "Righteous Republic: The Political foundations of Modern India" published by the Harvard University Press.

Life and career

Vajpeyi is the daughter of Sahitya Akademi award-winning poet Kailash Vajpeyi.[1] She is married to Basharat Peer, a Kashmiri writer, journalist, and Kashmiri separatist based in New York.[2]

Vajpeyi received her MA at the Jawaharlal Nehru University,[3] M.Phil from the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, and Ph.D. at the University of Chicago. She has taught at the University of Massachusetts and Columbia University[4]

Works

Her book "Righteous Republic" won the Crossword Award for Non-Fiction (2013), jointly with "From the Ruins of Empire" by Pankaj Mishra.[5] It also won the Thomas J Wilson Memorial Prize from Harvard University Press[6] and the Tata First Book Award for Non-Fiction (2013).[7] It was also featured on the Books of the year 2012 list on The Guardian and The New Republic.[8][9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Gulati, Sumegha (2 April 2015). "Kailash Vajpeyi: A poet embraces his favourite subject – death". The Indian Express. Indian Express Group. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
  2. ↑ Dasgupta, Swapan. "A separate demand - Politicians must face up to the present realities in Kashmir". Telegraph India. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  3. ↑ Vajpeyi, Ananya (16 August 2014). "The story of my Sanskrit". The Hindu. N. Ram. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
  4. ↑ Saikia, Arunabh (5 August 2014). "Divided We Stand". News Laundry.com. News Laundry. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Ravi Subramaniam wins his third Crossword Book award in popular category". News18.com. News18.com. 9 December 2013. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
  6. ↑ Thomas, Pramod (August 12, 2014). "'Gandhiji Overshadowed Ambedkar'". The New Indian Express. The New Indian Express. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
  7. ↑ Yasir, Sameer (December 16, 2013). "Author interview: 'Swaraj was a quest for an Indian self,' says Ananya Vajpeyi". FirstPost. Network 18 media. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
  8. ↑ Guardian, The (23 November 2012). "Books of the year 2012: authors choose their favourites". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
  9. ↑ Staff, The New Republic (16 December 2012). "New Republic Editor and Writer Picks: Best Books of 2012". The New Republic. Hamilton Fish V. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
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