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{{short description|Indian writer}}
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''' Janhavi Acharekar ''' (born 1973) is an Indian writer of fiction and travel. She is the author of the novel Wanderers, All (2015), a collection of short stories Window Seat: Rush-hour stories from the city (2009), both published by HarperCollins and a travel guide Moon Mumbai and Goa (2009), by Moon Handbooks.

==Early life and education==
Janhavi Acharekar grew up in the cities of [[Mumbai]] and [[Kolkata]] and obtained a degree in English from [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai|St Xavier's College, Mumbai]], She has a master's degree in English from the [[University of Mumbai]] and a diploma in mass communication from the Xavier Institute of Communications. She began her writing career as a freelance journalist for ''The Independent'' while still a student at St. Xavier's and then went on to work as a copywriter in advertising.

==Career==
Acharekar's novel ''Wanderers, All'' was published by HarperCollins India<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=HarperCollins India |url=http://www.harpercollins.co.in/author.asp?Author_Code=1609 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402184046/http://www.harpercollins.co.in/author.asp?Author_Code=1609 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |publisher=HarperCollins India}}</ref> in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kumar|first=Shikha|date=20 April 2015|title=The present overwhelms the past, says, author, Janhavi Acharekar|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/the-present-overwhelms-the-past-says-author-janhavi-acharekar/|access-date=24 May 2021|work=The Indian Express}}</ref>

Her short stories appear in the collection ''Window Seat'' (HarperCollins India, 2009)<ref name="auto" /> (3) as well as in anthologies of short fiction such as the Indo-Australian Fear Factor: Terror Incognito and Only Connect: Short Fiction about Technology and Us from Australia and the Indian Subcontinent (5) (6) edited by Meenakshi Bharat and Sharon Rundle.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Round Table Writing |url=http://www.roundtablewriting.com/ |publisher=Round Table Writing |access-date=2 April 2015 |archive-date=23 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323072201/http://www.roundtablewriting.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Her story A Good Riot was shortlisted for The Little Magazine's new writing award<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Little Magazine |url=http://www.littlemag.com/newwriting/ |publisher=Round Table Writing}}</ref> in 2006

She is the author of Moon Mumbai & Goa (Avalon, 2009) (7), the first Indian destination travel guide to be published by the American travel book series Moon Handbooks<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 June 2017 |title=Moon Travel Guides |url=http://moon.com/ |publisher=Moon Travel Guides}}</ref>

It was a finalist in the Travel Guide category at Foreword Magazine's Book Of The Year Awards (BOTYA, USA).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Win A Book Award |url=https://publishers.forewordreviews.com/awards/ |publisher=Win A Book Award}}</ref> A condensed version, Moon Spotlight Goa, was published in 2010. She was a special contributor to the travel guide Driving Holidays Across India by Outlook Traveller.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Outlook Traveller |url=http://www.outlooktraveller.com/ |publisher=Outlook Traveller}}</ref>

Acharekar is a freelance travel writer and arts journalist. She is a contributing editor at Conde Nast Traveller India (8) and writes book reviews and features for The Hindu. Her articles have appeared in The Statesman, [[The Times of India]], Biblio, [[Vancouver Sun]], and other publications. She has also curated several literary festivals in India and written two books for children<ref>{{Cite web |title=Childrenbooks |url=http://www.janhavistories.com/childrenbooks.html/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414124417/http://www.janhavistories.com/childrenbooks.html |archive-date=14 April 2015 |publisher=Childrenbooks}}</ref> (9).

Acharekar was awarded the Charles Wallace Visiting Writer's Fellowship<ref>{{Cite web |title=Charles Wallace Fellowship |url=http://www.stir.ac.uk/arts-humanities/research/areas/charleswallacefellowship/ |publisher=Charle Wallace Fellowship |access-date=2 April 2015 |archive-date=14 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014060045/http://www.stir.ac.uk/arts-humanities/research/areas/charleswallacefellowship/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> at the [[University of Stirling]] in 2009. She was declared one of nine prominent Mumbai residents of the year by Asian Age (10) for her writing, in the same year.
She has also been invited to writing residencies at Sangam House in Pondicherry, H.A.L.D. in Denmark, and to the International Writers' and Translators' House in Ventspils, Latvia. An occasional curator of literary festivals, she has curated/ co-curated the Kala Ghoda, Crossword and Celebrate Bandra litfests in Mumbai. She was the founder-curator of Lit.mus, a multi-disciplinary litfest in Bangalore.

In 2023, she was awarded a stipend-funded fellowship of three months in Germany at the renowned Foundation Künstlerdorf [[Schöppingen]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen — Fellows |url=https://stiftung-kuenstlerdorf.de/en/stipendiatinnen |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=stiftung-kuenstlerdorf.de}}</ref> The residency program that hosts international writers, visual artists, and composers was started in 1989 and is funded by the state of [[North Rhine-Westphalia]] and its [[Kunststiftung NRW]]. The foundation has more than a thousand applicants per year, the process is highly selective.

==Books==
* '' Wanderers, All ''(HarperCollins, 2015). {{ISBN|9789351770152}}.
* ''Window Seat'' (HarperCollins, 2009). {{ISBN|978-81-7223-800-1}}.
* ''Moon Mumbai & Goa'' (Avalon, 2010). {{ISBN|9781598802412}}.
* ''Moon Spotlight Goa'' (Avalon, 2010). {{ISBN|1598803581}}.
* ''The Little Maharaja and Sher Khan'' (Crossover, 2010) {{ISBN|8190659707}}.
* ''The Maharaja's Last Prank'' (Crossover, 2010) {{ISBN|9788190659710}}.

==References==
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===Sources===
*[https://archive.today/20150408145910/http://www.harpercollins.co.in/author.asp?Author Code=1609 HarperCollins India ]
*[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20090315/spectrum/book5.htm Mosaic of life in Mumbai, The Tribune ]
*[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/a-mumbai-montage/article661777.ace A Mumbai Montage, The Hindu ]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150426084059/http://rupapublications.co.in/books/only-connect-short-fiction-about-technology-and-us-indian-subcontinent-and-australia Only Connect, Rupa]
*[http://betweenthelines.in/2014/11/book-review-connect-edited-meenakshi-bharat-sharon-rundle/ Only Connect, Between The Lines] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403161510/http://betweenthelines.in/2014/11/book-review-connect-edited-meenakshi-bharat-sharon-rundle/ |date=3 April 2015 }}
*[http://archive.outlooktraveller.com/article.aspx?264081/ Moon Mumbai & Goa in Outlook Traveller]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
*[http://www.cntraveller.in/author/janhavi-acharekar Conde Nast Traveller India]
*[http://www.janhavistories.com/childrenbooks.html Childrenbooks]

==External links==
* [http://www.janhavistories.com Janhavi Acharekar’s ]
* [http://moon.com/2009/10/mumbai-goa-with-janhavi-acharekar/ Author Q&A on Mumbai and Goa ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104021151/https://moon.com/2009/10/mumbai-goa-with-janhavi-acharekar/ |date=4 November 2018 }}
* [http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-literaryreview/article662233.ece ‘We’re going to the fair’, Article in The Hindu ]
* [http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/call-of-the-curtain/article601161.ece ‘Call of the curtain’, Article in The Hindu]
* [http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/much-ado-about-reading/article5080524.ece ‘Much ado about reading’, Article in The Hindu]
* [http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/call-of-the-white-desert/article5929521.ece’Call of the white desert’, Article in The Hindu]
* [http://www.thehindu.com/books/literary-review/through-1857/article5970185.ece ‘Through 1857’, Review in The Hindu]
* [http://www.thehindu.com/books/the-rot-within/article19426789.ece The rot within]
* [http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/mumbai-tea-party-festival-takes-poetry-to-citys-tea-houses-4395560/ Mumbai Tea Party festival takes poetry to city’s tea houses]
* [https://www.cntraveller.in/story/to-spiti-with-love/ To Spiti with love]
* [https://www.stir.ac.uk/arts-humanities/research/areas/indianwritersatstirling/janhaviacharekar/ Arts and Humanities | About] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809170848/https://www.stir.ac.uk/arts-humanities/research/areas/indianwritersatstirling/janhaviacharekar/ |date=9 August 2017 }}
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7508591-window-seat Window Seat]

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