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| name = Manju Kapur<br />
| birth_place = [[Amritsar]], [[India]]<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
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| spouse = Gun Nidhi Dalmia<br />
| children = 3<br />
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'''Manju Kapur''' (born in [[Amritsar]], India) is an Indian [[novelist]]. Her [[first novel]], ''Difficult Daughters'', won the 1999 [[Commonwealth Writers' Prize]], best first book, Europe and South Asia.<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
She is married to Gun Nidhi Dalmia; they have three children and four grandchildren, and live in New Delhi.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/86679b40-6166-11e0-a315-00144feab49a.html#axzz1ObXkwfnS| title=Small talk: Mantri kanpur lyrics of the wrld| work=The Financial Times| author=Anna Metcalfe| date=9 April 2011}}</ref><br />
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==Awards and honors==<br />
*2011: [[DSC Prize for South Asian Literature]], short-list, ''The Immigrant''<br />
*1999: [[Commonwealth Writers' Prize]], best first book, Europe and South Asia, ''Difficult Daughters''<br />
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==Works==<br />
*''Difficult Daughters'', Penguin India, 1998; Faber and Faber, 1998, {{ISBN|978-0-571-19289-2}} <br />
*''A Married Woman'', India Ink, 2003; Faber and Faber, 2003, {{ISBN|978-0-571-21568-3}} <br />
*''Home'', Random House India, 2006, {{ISBN|978-81-8400-000-9}}; Faber and Faber, 2006, {{ISBN|978-0-571-22841-6}} <br />
*''The Immigrant'', Random House, India, 2008, {{ISBN|978-81-8400-048-1}}; Faber And Faber, 2009, {{ISBN|978-0-571-24407-2}} <br />
*''Custody'', Faber & Faber, 2011, {{ISBN|978-0-571-27402-4}}<br />
*''Shaping the World: Women Writers on Themselves'', ed. Manju Kapur, Hay House India, 2014.<br />
*''Brothers'', Penguin, UK, 2016.<br />
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==Television adaptations==<br />
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Manju Kapur's novel "Custody" has been the basis of daily soap operas on several Indian television channels in various languages:<br />
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* [[Yeh Hai Mohabbatein]] on [[Star Plus]] in Hindi under [[Ekta Kapoor]]'s production house [[Balaji Telefilms]].<br />
* Nakalat Saare Ghadle on Star Pravah in Marathi under Swapnil Joshi Productios.<br />
* [[Pranayam (TV series)|Pranayam]] on [[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]] in Malayalam under Sree Saran Productions.<br />
* [[Kalyanam Mudhal Kadhal Varai]] on [[Star Vijay]] in Tamil.<br />
* Avanu Mathe Shravani on Asianet Suvarna in Kannada.<br />
* Manasupalik Mouna Geetham on Maa in Telugu.<br />
* [[Mon Niye Kachakachi]] on [[Star Jalsha]] in Bengali.<br />
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[[Pardes Mein Hai Mera Dil]], telecast on Star Plus, under [[Ekta Kapoor]]'s production house [[Balaji Telefilms]], is based on Manju Kapur's novel "The Immigrant".<br />
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[[The Married Woman]], is a web series, under [[Ekta Kapoor]]'s production and is available on [[AltBalaji]], it is based on Manju Kapur's novel "A Married Woman".<br />
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==Reviews==<br />
*{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/5163783/The-Immigrant-by-Manju-Kapur-review.html| title=The Immigrant by Manju Kapur: review| work=The Telegraph| author=Ruth Scurr| date= 16 April 2009}}<br />
*{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/custody-by-manju-kapur-2238058.html| title=''Custody'' by Manju Kapur| work=The Independent | author= Arifa Akbar| date=11 March 2011}}<br />
*{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/feb/27/custody-manju-kapur-review| title=Custody by Manju Kapur – review| author=Mithu Banerji | work=The Observer| date= 27 February 2011}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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===Further reading===<br />
*Nitonde, Rohidas. ''In Search of a Feminist Writer'', PartridgeIndia, Bloomington, 2014.http://www.flipkart.com/search?q=rohidas+nitonde&as=on&as-show=on&otracker=start&as-pos=1_q https://www.amazon.in/Search-Feminist-Writer-Rohidas-Nitonde/dp/1482833913/ref=la_B00O66VNAK_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1443238147&sr=1-1<br />
*Nitonde, Rohidas. Manju Kapur Bibliography, Google Play Book, 2015. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267928118_Manju_Kapur_A_Bibliography<br />
*Askok Kumar, ed., ''Novels of Manju Kapur: A Feministic Study'', Sarup and Sons, New Delhi,2010.<br />
*Ram Sharma, ''Rise New Woman: Novels of Manju Kapur'', Manglam Publications, Delhi, 2013.<br />
*Kalpana Rajput, ''Remapping the Female Map: Jhumpa Lahiri and Manju Kapur'', Yking Books, Jaipur, 2012.<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://jaiarjun.blogspot.com/2008/08/meeting-with-manju-kapur.html "A meeting with Manju Kapur"], ''Jabberwock'', 9 August 2008<br />
*[http://www.sawnet.org/books/authors.php?Kapur+Manju "Manju Kapur"], ''Sawnet''<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120615153502/http://mh.du.ac.in/facultymh.html Miranda House Faculty]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20151024013451/http://www.mirandahouse.ac.in/mirandahouse/UserSpace/UserName/admin/DynamicFolder/2008-2009/Miranda%20Innovates/amba_dalmia_center.htm Amba Dalmia Center] named in honour of the late daughter of Manju Kapur<br />
*[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080921/jsp/graphiti/story_9859230.jsp "Family Portraits"] Telegraph India, Sunday, 21 September 2008<br />
*[https://www.dal.ca/news/2011/03/02/international.html "Internationalizing the University"]<br />
*[http://www.manjukapur.com "Official Website"]<br />
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