New India Foundation Announces 2026 Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize Shortlist
The New India Foundation has announced the shortlist for the 2026 Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize, featuring five non-fiction books published in 2025 on modern and contemporary India. The shortlisted works cover topics including India's Constitution, development since independence, South Asian partitions, and biographies of statesman K.M. Panikkar and musician Arun Kashalkar. A jury of experts selected the finalists, with the winner to be announced in December and awarded Rs 15 lakh at the Bangalore Literature Festival.
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