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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