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India-born author Nandini Das won 2023 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding, a leading international non-fiction prize worth GBP 25,000, for her book Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire'.

Author Nandini Das is named the winner of the 2023 British Academy Book Prize for her book "Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire."

As a Professor in the English faculty at the University of Oxford, the 49-year-old author has sought to present a new perspective on the origins of empire through the story of the arrival of the first English ambassador in India, Sir Thomas Roe, in the early 17th century

Kris Manjapra is a finalist for a British Academy award for his book that challenges the recognized narrative about the end of slavery.

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The prize, now in its 11th year, is open to authors of any nationality based anywhere in the world. Two authors of Indian heritage, UK-based Nandini Das and US-based Kris Manjapra, are among six

The winner of the GBP 25,000 prize will be announced at an awards ceremony in London on October 31, when each of the shortlisted writers will receive GBP 1,000.

Nandini Das and Kris Manjapra, two authors of Indian origin, have been shortlisted for the 2023 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding. Dass book, Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire, offers fresh perspectives on the diplomatic mission from England to India in the early 1600s. Manjapras Black Ghost of Empire: The Long Death of Slavery and the Failure of Emancipation explores the false promise of emancipation after the abolition of slavery in the ...

Two authors of Indian heritage, Nandini Das and Kris Manjapra, have been shortlisted for the 2023 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Under

2023 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding: two Indian-Origin authors Nandini Das, Kris Manjapra have been shortlisted.