The New India Foundation is delighted to announce the SHORTLIST for the Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize 2022.

The 2022 Shortlist (in alphabetical order) is:

• 'Accidental Feminism: Gender Parity and Selective Mobility Among India’s Professional Elite' by Swethaa S. Ballakrishnen (Princeton University Press)

• 'The Chipko Movement: A People’s History' by Shekhar Pathak (Permanent Black)

• 'Whole Numbers and Half Truths: What Data Can and Cannot Tell Us About Modern India' by Rukmini S. (Context, Westland)

• 'Midnight’s Borders: A People’s History of Modern India' by Suchitra Vijayan (Context, Westland)

• 'Born a Muslim: Some Truths about Islam in India by Ghazala Wahab (Aleph)