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'''Ornit Shani''' ({{Langx|he|אורנית שני}}) is an Israeli academic, author and professor at the Department of [[Asian Studies]] at the [[University of Haifa]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-09-17|title=ORNIT SHANI - JLF London|url=https://asia.haifa.ac.il/index.php/en/faculty-reception-hours|access-date=2021-11-05|website=haifa.ac.il/|language=en}}</ref> She won the [[Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize]] in 2018 for her book ''How India Became Democratic.''<ref>{{Cite web|title=New India Foundation|url=https://www.newindiafoundation.org/book-prize|access-date=2021-11-05|website=New India Foundation|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-09-16|title=NIF announces Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize 2021 longlist|url=https://www.firstpost.com/art-and-culture/nif-announces-kamaladevi-chattopadhyay-nif-book-prize-2021-longlist-9970481.html|access-date=2021-11-05|website=Firstpost|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Shani|first=Ornit|title=Ornit Shani’s ‘How India Became Democratic’ wins the Rs 15-lakh New India Foundation Book prize|url=https://scroll.in/article/943192/ornit-shanis-how-india-became-democratic-wins-the-rs-15-lakh-new-india-foundation-book-prize|access-date=2021-11-28|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ornit Shani – How India Became Democratic {{!}} Watson Institute|url=https://watson.brown.edu/events/2018/ornit-shani-how-india-became-democratic|access-date=2021-11-28|website=Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs|language=en}}</ref> Her previous book is ''Communalism, Caste, and Hindu Nationalism: The Violence in Gujarat'' which covers identity and caste politics, the rise of [[Hindu nationalism]], Indian citizenship, democracy and the history of elections.<br />
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