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It’s not theirs, it’s not ours—it’s everyone’s. The first in a series that debunks the governor’s claim about Gujaratis and Marwaris building Bombay, looks at the role of Pathare Prabhus and East Indians

These are the 11 books in progress that the Rs 18-lakh New India Foundation fellowships will support The books are meant to be works of non-fiction that throw light on an aspect of post-1947 India. 4 hours ago Novelist and poet Anjum Hasan is one of the 11 recipients of the fellowship. She will write a book on Shillong. | Zac O' Yeah India is not known for funding literary projects in the making. There are – or were, before pandemic – several literary prizes, but these are or were given well after the winning bo...

A record number of scholars and writers received the fellowship this year New India Foundation announced the recipients of the tenth NIF Fellowships on April 15. Eleven scholars and writers received the fellowship for their non-fiction book proposals on different aspects of post-Independence India. This is the highest number of fellowships ever awarded by the NIF. The Bengaluru-based NIF’s core activity is the New India Fellowships, meant to facilitate original research on a wide range of topics centred on post-Independence India. So far it has resulted in the publication of 22 books by t...

Mumbai’s dabbawalas, lunchbox delivery workers, fear they have made their last delivery Dabbawalas, or lunchbox delivery men, walk across railway tracks to board a local train on their way to deliver lunch to office staff in Mumbai, India, in 2012. Dabbawalas deliver home-cooked food to customers across the city. (Rajesh Kumar Singh / Associated Press) By Benjamin Parkin and Andrea Rodrigues Financial Times For 22 years, Kailash Mahadev Shinde lived his life to the rhythm of the dilapidated trains that pounded through the Indian megacity of Mumbai. In the morning, he would cycle ...