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'''Ananya Vajpeyi''' is an Indian academic and writer. She is Fellow at the [[Centre for the Study of Developing Societies]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ananya Vajpeyi|url=https://www.csds.in/ananya_vajpeyi|access-date=2020-06-23|website=www.csds.in}}</ref> She is the author of the award-winning book "''Righteous Republic: The Political foundations of Modern India''" published by the Harvard University Press. She was born in 1962.

== Life and career ==
Vajpeyi is the daughter of [[Sahitya Akademi]] award-winning poet [[Kailash Vajpeyi]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/poet-kailash-vajpeyi-embraces-his-favourite-subject-death/|title=Kailash Vajpeyi: A poet embraces his favourite subject – death|last=Gulati|first=Sumegha|date=2 April 2015|website=The Indian Express|publisher=Indian Express Group|access-date=August 28, 2016}}</ref> She is married to [[Basharat Peer]], an opinion editor with the [[The New York Times|New York Times]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Peer|first=Basharat|date=2019-03-02|title=Opinion {{!}} The Young Suicide Bomber Who Brought India and Pakistan to the Brink of War|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/02/opinion/sunday/kashmir-india-pakistan.html|access-date=2020-06-23|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

Vajpeyi received her MA at the [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru University]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-story-of-my-sanskrit/article6321759.ece|title=The story of my Sanskrit|last=Vajpeyi|first=Ananya|date=16 August 2014|website=The Hindu|publisher=N. Ram|access-date=August 28, 2016}}</ref> M.Phil from the [[University of Oxford]] as a [[Rhodes Scholarship|Rhodes Scholar]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=List of Scholars|url=http://rhodesproject.com/list-of-scholars|access-date=2020-06-23|website=The Rhodes Project|language=en-US}}</ref> and Ph.D. at the [[University of Chicago]]. She has taught at the [[University of Massachusetts]]<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Vajpeyi|first=Ananya|date=2010-07-11|title=Peace in His Time|url=https://scholarworks.umb.edu/history_faculty_pubs/8|journal=History Faculty Publication Series}}</ref> and [[Columbia University]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=People {{!}} Ananya Vajpeyi {{!}} The Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University|url=http://heymancenter.org/people/ananya-vajpeyi/|access-date=2020-06-23|website=heymancenter.org}}</ref>

== Works ==
Her book "''Righteous Republic"'' won the Crossword Award for Non-Fiction (2013), jointly with "''From the Ruins of Empire''" by [[Pankaj Mishra]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.news18.com/news/books/ravi-subramaniam-wins-his-third-crossword-book-award-in-popular-category-655150.html|title=Ravi Subramaniam wins his third Crossword Book award in popular category |date=9 December 2013|website=News18.com|publisher=News18.com|access-date=August 28, 2016}}</ref> It also won the Thomas J Wilson Memorial Prize from [[Harvard University Press]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/Gandhiji-Overshadowed-Ambedkar/2014/08/12/article2374538.ece|title=Gandhiji Overshadowed Ambedkar|last=Thomas|first=Pramod|date=August 12, 2014|website=The New Indian Express|publisher=The New Indian Express|access-date=August 28, 2016}}</ref> and the Tata First Book Award for Non-Fiction (2013).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.firstpost.com/living/author-interview-swaraj-was-a-quest-for-an-indian-self-says-ananya-vajpeyi-1289681.html|title=Author interview: 'Swaraj was a quest for an Indian self,' says Ananya Vajpeyi|last=Yasir|first=Sameer|date=December 16, 2013|website=FirstPost|publisher=Network 18 media|access-date=August 28, 2016}}</ref> It was also featured on the Books of the year 2012 list on ''[[The Guardian]]'' and ''[[The New Republic]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/nov/23/books-of-the-year-2012-authors-favourites|title=Books of the year 2012: authors choose their favourites|last=Guardian|first=The|date=23 November 2012|website=The Guardian|publisher=Guardian News and Media|access-date=August 28, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/111113/new-republic-editor-and-writer-picks-best-books-2012|title=New Republic Editor and Writer Picks: Best Books of 2012|last=Staff|first=The New Republic|date=16 December 2012|website=The New Republic|publisher=Hamilton Fish V|access-date=August 28, 2016}}</ref>

She is the co-editor with [[Ramin Jahanbegloo]] of [[Ashis Nandy]]: A Life in Dissent (OUP, 2018)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-05-13|title=Book Review: Ashis Nandy: A Life in Dissent|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/book-review-ashis-nandy-a-life-in-dissent/1165106/|access-date=2020-06-23|website=The Financial Express|language=en-US}}</ref> and with Volker Kaul of Minorities and Populism: Critical Perspectives from South Asia and Europe (Springer, 2020).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030340971|title=Minorities and Populism – Critical Perspectives from South Asia and Europe|date=2020|publisher=Springer International Publishing|isbn=978-3-030-34097-1|editor-last=Kaul|editor-first=Volker|series=Philosophy and Politics - Critical Explorations|language=en|editor-last2=Vajpeyi|editor-first2=Ananya}}</ref>

She writes regularly for [[The Hindu]] newspaper<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ananya Vajpeyi|url=https://www.thehindu.com/profile/contributor/Ananya-Vajpeyi-1415/|access-date=2020-06-23|website=The Hindu|language=en}}</ref> and [[Scroll.in]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ananya Vajpeyi {{!}} Scroll.in|url=https://scroll.in/author/12766|access-date=2020-06-23|website=Ananya Vajpeyi|language=en}}</ref> She has conceived, commissioned and guest edited several issues of Seminar magazine.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Seminar issues guest edited by Ananya Vajpeyi|url=https://www.csds.in/seminar-issues-guest-edited-by-ananya-vajpeyi|access-date=2020-06-23|website=www.csds.in}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Sheldon Pollock]]
* [[B. R. Ambedkar]]
* [[Hindutva]]

== References ==
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