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{{Short description|Indian author (born 1949)}}
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'''Malvika Singh''', also known as '''Mala Singh''', (born 1949) is an Indian author, historian, editor of ''[[Seminar (magazine)|Seminar]]'', and advocate of Indian handicrafts. Her books include ''[[New Delhi: Making of a Capital]]'' (2009).<ref name=Thatipalli2025>{{cite news |last1=Thatipalli |first1=Mallik |title=The warp and weft of India |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/tabloid/hyderabad-chronicle/the-warp-and-weft-of-india-1867203 |access-date=17 July 2025 |work=www.deccanchronicle.com |date=16 March 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Malvika Singh, known affectionately as Mala, was born in 1949 in Mumbai, to [[Romesh Thapar]] and his wife Raj.<ref name=Shah2025>{{cite news |last1=Shah |first1=Ranvir |date=30 January 2025 |title=‘My saris and I have conversations’: Malvika Singh |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/malvika-singh-saris-of-memory-book-textiles-stories/article69150691.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250715145025/https://www.thehindu.com/books/malvika-singh-saris-of-memory-book-textiles-stories/article69150691.ece |archive-date=15 July 2025 |access-date=15 July 2025 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref name=Roli>{{cite web |title=Malvika Singh |url=https://rolibooks.com/digital-magazine/author/malvika-singh/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250717091246/https://rolibooks.com/digital-magazine/author/malvika-singh/ |archive-date=17 July 2025 |access-date=15 July 2025 |website=Roli}}</ref><ref name=DK2010>{{cite book |title=DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide: Delhi |date=2010 |publisher=Dorling Kindersley Limited |isbn=978-1-4053-5997-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p1X30ixEM4MC&pg=PA58 |language=en|page=58}}</ref> Her younger brother was [[Valmik Thapar]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nandi |first1=Jayashree |title=Man who moved mountains for tigers dies at 73 |url=https://epaper.hindustantimes.com/Home/ShareArticle?OrgId=16d2842bac&imageview=0 |website=www.epaper.hindustantimes.com |access-date=18 July 2025 |language=en}}</ref> By her teens the family had moved to Delhi where she attended [[Modern School (New Delhi)|Modern School]].<ref name=Jain2013>{{cite news |last1=Jain |first1=Saudamini |date=7 December 2013 |title='Delhi, the perpetual city, has a soul unlike Mumbai' |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/delhi-the-perpetual-city-has-a-soul-unlike-mumbai/story-OIEhyhQ6Zzym8nfR2pVa2K.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250718075620/https://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/delhi-the-perpetual-city-has-a-soul-unlike-mumbai/story-OIEhyhQ6Zzym8nfR2pVa2K.html |archive-date=18 July 2025 |access-date=17 July 2025 |work=Hindustan Times}}</ref> After leaving [[Miranda House]] she attended the [[National School of Drama]].<ref name=Singh2013>{{cite news |last1=Singh |first1=Kishore |date=21 January 2013 |title=Lunch with BS: Tejbir and Malvika Singh |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/lunch-with-bs-tejbir-and-malvika-singh-109111000001_1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250717174942/https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/lunch-with-bs-tejbir-and-malvika-singh-109111000001_1.html |archive-date=17 July 2025 |access-date=17 July 2025 |work=Business Standard |language=en}}</ref>

==Career==
In her early twenties, Singh was employed by [[Pupul Jayakar]] at the [[Handicrafts and Handlooms Export Corporation of India|Handicrafts and Handlooms Corporation of India]], working at its handicrafts store in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]].<ref name=Mehrotra2025>{{cite web |last1=Mehrotra |first1=Parth Phiroze |title=Saris, Memories and Lessons in Doing |url=https://m.thewire.in/article/books/saris-memories-and-lessons-in-doing/amp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250715144831/https://m.thewire.in/article/books/saris-memories-and-lessons-in-doing/amp |archive-date=15 July 2025 |access-date=15 July 2025 |website=The Wire |language=en}}</ref> [[Ashok Advani]] then recruited her as editor of ''[[Business India]]''.<ref name=Singh2013/>

Singh's history books include ''[[New Delhi: Making of a Capital]]'', co-authored with [[Rudrangshu Mukherjee]], edited by [[Pramod Kapoor]], and published by [[Roli Books]] in 2009.<ref name=Konar2024>{{cite book |last1=Konar |first1=Ankur |title=Contextualizing Urban Narratives through the Socio-Spatial Dialectic |date=2024 |publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing |isbn=978-1-0364-0093-4 |pages=8-24 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MdcBEQAAQBAJ&pg=PA18|language=en |chapter=2. Discourses on Delhi and Literary Representations}}</ref><ref name=SIE>{{cite web |title=Special India Edition |url=https://www.lutyenstrust.org.uk/portfolio-item/special-india-edition/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250715145337/https://www.lutyenstrust.org.uk/portfolio-item/special-india-edition/ |archive-date=15 July 2025 |access-date=15 July 2025 |website=The Lutyens Trust}}</ref> In 2025 she published ''[[Saris of Memory: A Memoir|Saris of Memory]]'', her book on the history the [[sari]], an item she collects and employs as a metaphor for Indian identity.<ref name=Kapur>{{cite web |last1=Kapur |first1=Mita |date=30 January 2025 |title=Saris of Memory by Malvika Singh chronicles the history of India's textile legacy through personal narratives |url=https://www.vogue.in/content/saris-of-memory-by-malvika-singh-chronicles-the-history-of-india-textile-legacy-through-personal-narratives |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250717084644/https://www.vogue.in/content/saris-of-memory-by-malvika-singh-chronicles-the-history-of-india-textile-legacy-through-personal-narratives |archive-date=17 July 2025 |access-date=15 July 2025 |website=Vogue India |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref name=Majumder>{{cite web |last1=Majumder |first1=Rishi |date=22 February 2025 |title=‘The way a sari is worn is a living dictionary of India’s stories’: Cultural historian Malvika Singh |url=https://scroll.in/article/1079318/the-way-a-sari-is-worn-is-a-living-dictionary-of-indias-stories-cultural-historian-malvika-singh |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250425014405/https://scroll.in/article/1079318/the-way-a-sari-is-worn-is-a-living-dictionary-of-indias-stories-cultural-historian-malvika-singh |archive-date=25 April 2025 |access-date=15 July 2025 |website=Scroll.in |language=en}}</ref> It features significant accounts of the revival of Indian handlooms in the [[History of India (1947–present)|post-independence period]].<ref name=Majumder/>

==Selected publications==
*{{cite book |title=New Delhi: Making of a Capital |date=2009 |publisher=Lustre Press |location=New Delhi |isbn=978-81-7436-574-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KAAhQwAACAAJ |language=en}} (Co-author)
*{{cite book |title=Bhutan: Through the Lens of the King |date=2012 |publisher=Roli Books |location=New Delhi |isbn=978-81-7436-859-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zlZptwAACAAJ |language=en}}
*{{cite book |title=Saris of Memory |date=2024 |publisher=NFW Productions Private Limited |location=New Delhi |isbn=978-81-921586-8-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8OMi0QEACAAJ |language=en}}

==References==
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