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The New India Foundation aims to document India after Independence through Research & Translation Fellowships, and the NIF Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Book Prize.
Bengaluru, India
Joined March 2017
🚨 Applications open for the 3rd #NIFTranslationFellowship!.Translate Indian-language non-fiction (1850–present) on Independent India. ₹6L grant | 10 languages.📝 Apply Now: 🔗 Website:
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RT @chacchachoudhry: “Janata: An Unbathed Funeral”—from Chapter 2 of Believer’s Dilemma, in The Hindu (Sunday Magazine). .
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RT @chacchachoudhry: From the Preface — “Memorabilia and Misremembering” — of Believer’s Dilemma, in last Sunday’s Financial Express. JICYM….
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RT @PanMacIndia: BELIEVER’S DILEMMA by @chacchachoudhry is among India's top 10 non-fiction titles, in the company of powerhouse father-son….
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RT @chacchachoudhry: Out today, 20 July: Believer’s Dilemma—the second volume of my study on Vajpayee and the Hindu Right. Now available at….
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RT @chacchachoudhry: The sharpest excerpt from Believer’s Dilemma in print media yet. By late November 1992, “there was near consensus with….
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A decade in the making, BELIEVER'S DILEMMA is the definitive conclusion to @chacchachoudhry's two part biography of Atal Behari Vajpayee. Order a copy today.
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BHASHAVAAD RETURNS! Please mark your calendars for the second edition of the Bhashavaad: National Translation Conference!. We're looking forward to bringing you exciting updates in the lead up to the Conference happening in August 2025.
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“Working on this book has helped me gain a deeper understanding of the worlds I inhabit – of Kannada, the Lingayat way of life, the English-speaking world…” — NIF Fellow NS Gundur on translating DR Nagaraj’s seminal work on Allama Prabhu.
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In this insightful testimonial, sociologist and researcher Dr. Richa Kumar discusses how the New India Foundation Fellowship enabled her to write her book on agrarian transformations in central India. To watch the complete video, click here:.
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The 36th book from the New India Foundation fellowship is now out. The output and range of our fellows offer a fantastic intellectual buffet about modern India!
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The 36th book from the New India Foundation fellowship is now out. BELIEVER’S DILEMMA brings @chacchachoudhry landmark two-part study of Vajpayee—and the Hindu Right’s rise from protest to power—to a bold, unforgettable close.
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Urvashi Butalia | Round 12 NIF Fellow.Welcome, Urvashi. We’re honoured to support this important work on a generational account of the women’s movement in India — focusing on activists from the 1970s onwards.
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Bakhtiar K Dadabhoy | Round 12 NIF Fellow.Welcome, Bakhtiar — we’re excited to support a multidimensional biography of C.D. Deshmukh and also explore the life of Deshmukh’s equally accomplished partner, Durgabai, bringing Indian public life and leadership into sharp focus.
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Anima Pookkunniyil | Round 12 NIF Fellow.Welcome, Anima - We’re delighted to support this timely and layered project that weaves together ecology, commerce, history, and local voices to tell the story of a region in transition.
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Amrita Sharma | Round 12 NIF Fellow.Welcome, Amrita — we look forward to a work that moves the Kashmir conversation beyond borders, into the lived realities of people, class, and commerce.
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Amandeep Sandhu | Round 12 NIF Fellow.Welcome, Aman — we’re honoured to support this important narrative that will explore the lives of Sikhs who live outside Panjab but within India.
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RT @PanMacIndia: The much awaited sequel to the award-winning VAJPAYEE: THE ASCENT OF THE HINDU RIGHT (1924 – 1977) is here. BELIEVER’S DI….
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