Raghu Karnad Explained

Raghu Karnad
Education:Swarthmore College
Oxford University
Occupation:Journalist, writer
Father:Girish Karnad
Notable Works:Farthest Field – An Indian Story of the Second World War

Raghu Karnad is an Indian journalist and writer, and a recipient of the Windham–Campbell Literature Prize for Non-Fiction.[1] He is a 2022-'23 fellow at the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library.[2] His book, Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War,[3] [4] was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar for a writer in English in 2016, and shortlisted for the Hessell-Tiltman Prize in the same year.[5] His articles and essays have won international awards including the Lorenzo Natali Journalism Prize in 2008, the Press Institute of India National Award for Reporting on the Victims of Armed Conflict in 2008, and a prize from the inaugural Financial Times-Bodley Head Essay Competition in 2012.

Karnad was previously the editor of Time Out Delhi. He has also contributed articles to The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Granta and The Guardian.[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] In 2015, he was part of the founding team of The Wire (India), and later held the position of Chief of Bureau in New Delhi.[12]

He was a student at Swarthmore College, and he spent a semester at the American University of Cairo and managed to get a meeting with Yassar Arafat.[13] In 2019, he was one of the writers invited to the Neilson Hays Bangkok Literature Festival.[14]

Personal life

He is the son of late Girish Karnad and Dr Saraswathy Ganapathy.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Raghu Karnad. March 12, 2019. Windham–Campbell Literature Prizes. March 13, 2019. January 7, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230107014756/https://windhamcampbell.org/festival/2019/recipients/karnad-raghu. live.
  2. News: Meet the 2022–2023 Fellows of the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers. 13 July 2022. nypl.org USA. 12 April 2022. 12 April 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220412155925/https://www.nypl.org/blog/2022/04/12/cullman-center-fellows. live.
  3. News: Winchester. Simon. India's Second World War: the history you don't hear about. 13 May 2017. New Statesman. 9 July 2015. en. 13 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170613011433/http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2015/07/indias-second-world-war-history-you-dont-hear-about. live.
  4. News: Mukherjee. Neel. 'Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War,' by Raghu Karnad. 13 May 2017. The Financial Times. 5 June 2015. en. 18 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180818020922/https://www.ft.com/content/59342720-0a17-11e5-a6a8-00144feabdc0. live.
  5. News: Raghu Karnad's book shortlisted for Hessell-Tiltman Prize. 12 June 2017. Business Standard India. 2 March 2016. 29 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160729010830/http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/raghu-karnad-s-book-shortlisted-for-hessell-tiltman-prize-116030200709_1.html. live.
  6. News: The Coronavirus offers a Radical New Vision for India's Cities. Karnad. Raghu. 2020-04-13. 2020-05-13. en. 2020-05-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20200515065309/https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/the-coronavirus-offers-a-radical-new-vision-for-indias-cities-pollution. live.
  7. News: In Kashmir, Indian Democracy Loses Ground to Millenial Militancy. Karnad. Raghu. 2019-05-22. 2020-05-13. en. 2020-10-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20201025024828/https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/in-kashmir-indian-democracy-loses-ground-to-millennial-militancy. live.
  8. News: The Diverging Paths of Two Young Women Foretell the Fate of a Tribe in India. Karnad. Raghu. 2018-09-07. 2019-12-26. Datto. Arko. The New Yorker. en. 0028-792X. 2020-01-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20200111151821/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-diverging-paths-of-two-young-women-foretell-the-fate-of-a-tribe-in-india. live.
  9. Web site: Sonia Gandhi Leaves the Stage. Karnad. Raghu. 2017-12-16. The Atlantic. en-US. 2019-12-26. 2020-03-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20200318185219/https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/12/sonia-rahul-gandhi-india-modi-bjp-congress-nehru/548522/. live.
  10. Web site: The Ghost in the Kimono. 2015-03-04. Granta Magazine. en-US. 2019-12-26. 2020-12-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20201202155659/https://granta.com/the-ghost-in-the-kimono/. live.
  11. News: Confessions of a killer policeman Raghu Karnad and Grace Jajo. Karnad. Raghu. 2016-07-21. The Guardian. 2019-12-26. Jajo. Grace. en-GB. 0261-3077. 2019-12-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20191214181819/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/21/confessions-of-a-killer-policeman-india-manipur. live.
  12. News: Choudhary. Vidhi. Former editor of 'The Hindu' to launch news website. 12 June 2017. 8 May 2015. 7 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170607052050/http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/hh3F4srDSuGG7aQaQWqckL/Former-editor-of-The-Hindu-to-launch-news-website.html. live.
  13. Web site: Charge to Raghu Karnad . 8 July 2014 . 12 December 2018 . 15 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181215222733/https://www.swarthmore.edu/past-commencements/charge-to-raghu-karnad . live .
  14. Web site: 3 Dynamic Cultural Festivals Take Over Bangkok from Oct - Dec 2019. 2019-10-23. Prestige Online. en-US. 2019-12-26. 2019-12-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20191220053523/https://www.prestigeonline.com/th/pursuits/art-culture/3-dynamic-cultural-festivals-take-over-bangkok-from-october-to-december/. live.

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