Ramachandra Guha ( Hindi रामचंद्र गुहा , born April 29, 1958 ) is an Indian historian and writer specializing in the history of society, politics, ecology and cricket . He also maintains a column, which is published in six languages, in a magazine with an audience of 20 million people. His books and essays are published in more than twenty languages. The New York Times called it “perhaps the best among Indian non-fiction writers,” and Time magazine called it “an outstanding chronicler of Indian democracy.” [2] Currently residing in Bangalore .
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| रामचंद्र गुहा | |
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| Date of Birth | April 29, 1958 (61 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Dehradun , Uttarakhand |
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| Occupation | historian, writer |
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| ramachandraguha.in | |
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Early Years and Education
Born April 29, 1958 in Dehradun , Uttarakhand State. His father, Ram Das Guha, was the director of the Forestry Research Institute. Ramachandra attended Dong Boys School, where he was the editor of the school weekly. In 1977, he graduated from St. Stephen's College in Delhi and received a bachelor's degree in economics. He continued his education at the School of Economics in Delhi, where he was awarded a master's degree. Then he entered the Indian Institute of Management in Calcutta , where he studied the social history of forestry in Uttarakhand, and he was especially interested in the Chipko movement. Later, his research was published in the book “Restless Forests” ( Eng. Unquiet Woods , 1989).
Teacher career
Ramachandra taught at Yale and Stanford universities, was chairman of Arné Naess at the University of Oslo , and a visiting professor at the Indo-American Community at the University of California. In 2011-2012. He was a professor of history and international relations at the London School of Economics [2] .
Books
- The Unquiet Woods (University of California Press, 1989) - groundbreaking work on environmental history;
- A Corner of a Foreign Field (Picador, 2002) - the social history of cricket;
- India after Gandhi (Macmillan / Ecco Press, 2007) - the book of the year according to the Economist, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the San Francisco Chronicle, Time Out, Outlook, and the book of the decade according to the Times of India, the Times of London and The Hindu;
- Gandhi Before India (Knopf, 2014) is the book of the year according to the New York Times.
Awards and nominations
- Leopold-Hidy Prize American Community Environmental History
- Daily Telegraph / Cricket Society prize
- Malcolm Adideshiah Award for Excellence in Social Sciences
- Ramnath Goenka Prize for Excellence in Journalism
- RK Narayan Prize
- In 2009 he was awarded the third highest civilian award in India - Padma Bhushan [3] [4]
- In 2008 and 2013, Prospect magazine named Guha one of the most influential intellectuals.
- In 2011 he received the Sahitya Akademi Award for the best book in English ( India After Gandhi ) [5]
- In 2014, he was awarded an honorary doctorate in humanities from Yale University [2]
- Fukuoka Asian Culture Award (2015)
Notes
- ↑ BNF ID : 2011 Open Data Platform .
- ↑ 1 2 3 About The Author . Ramachandra Guha.com.
- ↑ Padma Awards announced . Press Information Bureau (Government of India) (January 25, 2009). Date of appeal September 12, 2015.
- ↑ List of Padma awardees 2009 . The Hindu (January 26, 2009). Date of appeal September 12, 2015.
- ↑ Guha wins it for narrative history . The Hindu (December 21, 2011). Date of treatment October 19, 2015.
Links
- ramachandraguha.in - official site of Ramachandra Guha
- Ramachandra Guha on Twitter
- Guha Official Guha Ramachandra Facebook Page