Ananya Vajpeyi

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

Her book "Righteous Republic" won the Crossword Award for Non-Fiction (2013) jointly with "From the Ruins of Empire" by Pankaj Mishra.[1] It also won the Thomas J Wilson Memorial Prize from Harvard University Press [2] and the Tata First Book Award for Non-Fiction (2013).[3] It was also featured on the Books of the year 2012 list on The Guardian[4] and The New Republic [5]

Vajpeyi received her MA at the Jawaharlal Nehru University,[6] 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[7]

Personal life

Vajpeyi is the daughter of Sahitya Akademi award winning poet Kailash Vajpeyi.[8] She is married to Basharat Peer.

References

  1. ↑ 18, News (December 9, 2013). "Ravi Subramaniam wins his third Crossword Book award in popular category". News18.com. News18.com. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
  2. ↑ Thomas, Pramod (August 12, 2014). "'Gandhiji Overshadowed Ambedkar'". The New Indian Express. The New Indian Express. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Guardian, The (November 23, 2012). "Books of the year 2012: authors choose their favourites". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
  5. ↑ Staff, The New Republic (December 16, 2012). "New Republic Editor and Writer Picks: Best Books of 2012". The New Republic. Hamilton Fish V. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
  6. ↑ Vajpeyi, Ananya (August 16, 2014). "The story of my Sanskrit". The Hindu. N. Ram. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
  7. ↑ Saikia, Arunabh (August 5, 2014). "Divided We Stand". News Laundry.com. News Laundry. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
  8. ↑ Gulati, Sumegha (April 2, 2015). "Kailash Vajpeyi: A poet embraces his favourite subject – death". The Indian Express. Indian Express Group. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
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