Ornit Shani

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Ornit Shani
Ornit Shani at an event of the Election Commission of India (cropped).jpg
Shani in 2016
NationalityIsraeli
Notable work
How India Became Democratic

Ornit Shani (SHAH-nee)is an Israeli academic, author and Senior Lecturer at the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Haifa.[1] She won the Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize in 2018 for her book How India Became Democratic.[2][3][4][5] Her previous book is Communalism, Caste, and Hindu Nationalism: The Violence in Gujarat which covers identity and caste politics, the rise of Hindu nationalism, Indian citizenship, democracy and the history of elections.

References[]

  1. ^ "ORNIT SHANI - JLF London". jlflitfest.org/. 17 September 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  2. ^ "New India Foundation". New India Foundation. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  3. ^ "NIF announces Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize 2021 longlist-Art-and-culture News , Firstpost". Firstpost. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  4. ^ Shani, Ornit. "Ornit Shani's 'How India Became Democratic' wins the Rs 15-lakh New India Foundation Book prize". Scroll.in. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Ornit Shani – How India Became Democratic | Watson Institute". Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs. Retrieved 28 November 2021.


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