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	'''Vikram Chandra''' (born 1961 ~~in India~~) is an Indian-American writer. His [[first novel]], ''Red Earth and Pouring Rain'', won the 1996 [[Commonwealth Writers' Prize]] for Best First Book.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080516075047/http://www.saja.org/chandra.html "Vikram Chandra"], South Asian Journalists Association</ref>		'''Vikram Chandra''' (born 23 July 1961) is an Indian-American writer. His [[first novel]], ''Red Earth and Pouring Rain'', won the 1996 [[Commonwealth Writers' Prize]] for Best First Book.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080516075047/http://www.saja.org/chandra.html "Vikram Chandra"], South Asian Journalists Association</ref>

	==Early life==		==Early life==
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	''Love and Longing in Bombay'' (1997), a collection of short stories, was published by the same houses as ''Red Earth and Pouring Rain''. It won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book (Eurasia region) and was short-listed for the [[Guardian Fiction Prize]]. In 2000, Chandra served as co-writer, with [[Suketu Mehta]], for ''[[Mission Kashmir]]'', a [[Bollywood]] movie. It was directed by his brother-in-law, the director [[Vidhu Vinod Chopra]], and starred [[Hrithik Roshan]].		''Love and Longing in Bombay'' (1997), a collection of short stories, was published by the same houses as ''Red Earth and Pouring Rain''. It won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book (Eurasia region) and was short-listed for the [[Guardian Fiction Prize]]. In 2000, Chandra served as co-writer, with [[Suketu Mehta]], for ''[[Mission Kashmir]]'', a [[Bollywood]] movie. It was directed by his brother-in-law, the director [[Vidhu Vinod Chopra]], and starred [[Hrithik Roshan]].

	''[[Sacred Games (novel)\|Sacred Games]]'' (2006) is Chandra's most recent novel. Set in Mumbai, it features Sartaj Singh, a policeman who first appeared in ''Love and Longing in Bombay''.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=rediff.com: An interview with writer Vikram Chandra\|url=http://specials.rediff.com/news/2006/aug/09sld1.htm\|access-date=2021-02-04\|website=specials.rediff.com}}</ref> Over 900 pages long, ''Sacred Games'' was one of the year's most anticipated new novels. It had been the subject of a bidding war amongst leading publishers in India, the UK, and the US.<ref>[http://berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2005/12/08_hungry.htm]{{dead link\|date=July 2016 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It has also been adapted as a web television series by Netflix.		''[[Sacred Games (novel)\|Sacred Games]]'' (2006) is Chandra's most recent novel. Set in Mumbai, it features Sartaj Singh, a policeman who first appeared in ''Love and Longing in Bombay''.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=rediff.com: An interview with writer Vikram Chandra\|url=http://specials.rediff.com/news/2006/aug/09sld1.htm\|access-date=2021-02-04\|website=specials.rediff.com}}</ref> Over 900 pages long, ''Sacred Games'' was one of the year's most anticipated new novels. It had been the subject of a bidding war amongst leading publishers in India, the UK, and the US.<ref>[http://berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2005/12/08_hungry.htm]{{dead link\|date=July 2016 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It has also been adapted as a web [[Sacred Games (TV series)\|television series]] by Netflix.

	''Geek Sublime: The Beauty of Code, the Code of Beauty'' (2014) was a finalist for the [[National Book Critics Circle Award]] (Criticism).<ref name=nbcc2014>{{cite web\|url=http://bookcritics.org/blog/archive/national-book-critics-circle-announces-its-finalists-for-publishing-year-20\|title=National Book Critics Circle Announces Finalists for Publishing Year 2014\|date=January 19, 2015\|publisher=[[National Book Critics Circle]]\|access-date=January 29, 2015}}</ref>		''Geek Sublime: The Beauty of Code, the Code of Beauty'' (2014) was a finalist for the [[National Book Critics Circle Award]] (Criticism).<ref name=nbcc2014>{{cite web\|url=http://bookcritics.org/blog/archive/national-book-critics-circle-announces-its-finalists-for-publishing-year-20\|title=National Book Critics Circle Announces Finalists for Publishing Year 2014\|date=January 19, 2015\|publisher=[[National Book Critics Circle]]\|access-date=January 29, 2015}}</ref>

	==Personal==		==Personal life==
	Chandra is married to the writer Melanie Abrams. They both teach creative writing at the [[University of California, Berkeley]]. Chandra currently divides his time between [[Mumbai]], and [[Oakland, California]], United States.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2005/12/07_hungry.shtml\|title=UC Berkeley lecturer Vikram Chandra: From "weird little kid" in India to master storyteller — and winner of a publishing jackpot\|website=www.berkeley.edu}}</ref> He has two daughters, Leela and Darshana.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.oaklandmagazine.com/Oakland-Magazine/July-August-2013/A-Literary-Marriage/\|title=A Literary Marriage - Oakland Magazine - July-August 2013 - Oakland, California\|website=www.oaklandmagazine.com}}</ref>		Chandra is married to the writer Melanie Abrams. They both teach creative writing at the [[University of California, Berkeley]]. Chandra currently divides his time between [[Mumbai]], and [[Oakland, California]], United States.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2005/12/07_hungry.shtml\|title=UC Berkeley lecturer Vikram Chandra: From "weird little kid" in India to master storyteller — and winner of a publishing jackpot\|website=www.berkeley.edu}}</ref> He has two daughters, Leela and Darshana.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.oaklandmagazine.com/Oakland-Magazine/July-August-2013/A-Literary-Marriage/\|title=A Literary Marriage - Oakland Magazine - July-August 2013 - Oakland, California\|website=www.oaklandmagazine.com}}</ref>

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	*{{cite book\| title=Red earth and pouring rain: a novel\| publisher=Hachette Digital, Inc.\| year=1995\| isbn=978-0-316-13276-3\| url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780316132763}}		*{{cite book\| title=Red earth and pouring rain: a novel\| publisher=Hachette Digital, Inc.\| year=1995\| isbn=978-0-316-13276-3\| url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780316132763}}
	*''Love and Longing in Bombay: Stories'', Penguin Books, 1997, {{ISBN\|978-0-14-026572-9}}		*''Love and Longing in Bombay: Stories'', Penguin Books, 1997, {{ISBN\|978-0-14-026572-9}}
	*{{cite book\| title=Sacred Games\| publisher=Faber and Faber\| year= 2006\| isbn=978-0-571-23118-8}}; HarperCollins, 2007, {{ISBN\|978-0-06-113036-6}}		*{{cite book\| title=[[Sacred Games (novel)\|Sacred Games]]\| publisher=Faber and Faber\| year= 2006\| isbn=978-0-571-23118-8}}; HarperCollins, 2007, {{ISBN\|978-0-06-113036-6}}
	*{{cite book \| title=Geek Sublime: Writing Fiction, Coding Software\| publisher=Faber and Faber\| year=2013\| isbn=978-0-571-31029-6 }}		*{{cite book \| title=Geek Sublime: Writing Fiction, Coding Software\| publisher=Faber and Faber\| year=2013\| isbn=978-0-571-31029-6 }}
	*''Sacred Games Netflix Tie-in Edition Part 1.'' Penguin. 2018. {{ISBN\|978-0143445944}}		*''Sacred Games Netflix Tie-in Edition Part 1.'' Penguin. 2018. {{ISBN\|978-0143445944}}
	*''Sacred Games Netflix Tie-in Edition Part 2.'' Penguin. 2018. {{ISBN\|978-0143445951}}		*''Sacred Games Netflix Tie-in Edition Part 2.'' Penguin. 2018. {{ISBN\|978-0143445951}}

			==See also==
			*[[List of Indian writers]]

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'''Vikram Chandra''' (born 1961 in India) is an Indian-American writer. His [[first novel]], ''Red Earth and Pouring Rain'', won the 1996 [[Commonwealth Writers' Prize]] for Best First Book.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080516075047/http://www.saja.org/chandra.html "Vikram Chandra"], South Asian Journalists Association</ref>

==Early life==
Chandra was born in New Delhi in 1961. His father Navin Chandra was a business executive. His mother [[Kamna Chandra]] has written several Hindi films and plays. His sister [[Tanuja Chandra]] is a filmmaker and screenwriter<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/tanuja-chandras-film-is-stuck/87598|title=Tanuja Chandra's film is stuck|access-date=2016-06-30}}</ref> who has also directed several films. His other sister [[Anupama Chopra]] is a film critic.

Chandra did his high school education at [[Mayo College]] in [[Ajmer]], Rajasthan. He attended at St. Xavier's College in [[Mumbai]] and, as an undergraduate student, transferred to [[Kenyon College]] in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2007/01/22/literary-ambition-without-borders-span-classbankheadwith-sacred-games-an-expansive-vikram-chandra-couldnt-contain-himselfspan/e8b4f453-273f-47be-84c6-24c188d69a99/|title=Literary Ambition Without Borders|first=Bob|last=Thompson|date=22 January 2007|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}</ref> Chandra felt isolated at Kenyon so he transferred to [[Pomona College]], [[Claremont, California]], where he graduated with a B.A. ''magna cum laude'' in English. He attended film school at [[Columbia University]], leaving halfway through to begin work on his first novel. He received his M.A. from The Writing Seminars at [[Johns Hopkins University]] in 1987. He has taught at [[George Washington University]], and lectured at [[University of California, Berkeley]].<ref>[http://berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2005/12/07_hungry.shtml], Press release, University of California, Berkeley</ref>

==Career==
''Red Earth and Pouring Rain'' (1995), Chandra's first novel, was inspired by the autobiography of [[James Skinner (soldier)|James Skinner]] - the Irish Raja of Hansi in Haryana, a legendary nineteenth-century [[Anglo-Indian]] soldier. It was published in 1995 by [[Penguin Books]] in India; by [[Faber and Faber]] in the UK; and by [[Little, Brown]] in the United States. It won the [[Commonwealth Writers Prize]] for Best First Book and the [[David Higham Prize for Fiction]]. The novel is named after a poem from the ''[[Kuruntokai]]'', an anthology of [[Classical Tamil]] love poems.

''Love and Longing in Bombay'' (1997), a collection of short stories, was published by the same houses as ''Red Earth and Pouring Rain''. It won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book (Eurasia region) and was short-listed for the [[Guardian Fiction Prize]]. In 2000, Chandra served as co-writer, with [[Suketu Mehta]], for ''[[Mission Kashmir]]'', a [[Bollywood]] movie. It was directed by his brother-in-law, the director [[Vidhu Vinod Chopra]], and starred [[Hrithik Roshan]].

''[[Sacred Games (novel)|Sacred Games]]'' (2006) is Chandra's most recent novel. Set in Mumbai, it features Sartaj Singh, a policeman who first appeared in ''Love and Longing in Bombay''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=rediff.com: An interview with writer Vikram Chandra|url=http://specials.rediff.com/news/2006/aug/09sld1.htm|access-date=2021-02-04|website=specials.rediff.com}}</ref> Over 900 pages long, ''Sacred Games'' was one of the year's most anticipated new novels. It had been the subject of a bidding war amongst leading publishers in India, the UK, and the US.<ref>[http://berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2005/12/08_hungry.htm]{{dead link|date=July 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It has also been adapted as a web television series by Netflix.

''Geek Sublime: The Beauty of Code, the Code of Beauty'' (2014) was a finalist for the [[National Book Critics Circle Award]] (Criticism).<ref name=nbcc2014>{{cite web|url=http://bookcritics.org/blog/archive/national-book-critics-circle-announces-its-finalists-for-publishing-year-20|title=National Book Critics Circle Announces Finalists for Publishing Year 2014|date=January 19, 2015|publisher=[[National Book Critics Circle]]|access-date=January 29, 2015}}</ref>

==Personal==
Chandra is married to the writer Melanie Abrams. They both teach creative writing at the [[University of California, Berkeley]]. Chandra currently divides his time between [[Mumbai]], and [[Oakland, California]], United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2005/12/07_hungry.shtml|title=UC Berkeley lecturer Vikram Chandra: From "weird little kid" in India to master storyteller — and winner of a publishing jackpot|website=www.berkeley.edu}}</ref> He has two daughters, Leela and Darshana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oaklandmagazine.com/Oakland-Magazine/July-August-2013/A-Literary-Marriage/|title=A Literary Marriage - Oakland Magazine - July-August 2013 - Oakland, California|website=www.oaklandmagazine.com}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==
*{{cite book| title=Red earth and pouring rain: a novel| publisher=Hachette Digital, Inc.| year=1995| isbn=978-0-316-13276-3| url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780316132763}}
*''Love and Longing in Bombay: Stories'', Penguin Books, 1997, {{ISBN|978-0-14-026572-9}}
*{{cite book| title=Sacred Games| publisher=Faber and Faber| year= 2006| isbn=978-0-571-23118-8}}; HarperCollins, 2007, {{ISBN|978-0-06-113036-6}}
*{{cite book | title=Geek Sublime: Writing Fiction, Coding Software| publisher=Faber and Faber| year=2013| isbn=978-0-571-31029-6 }}
*''Sacred Games Netflix Tie-in Edition Part 1.'' Penguin. 2018. {{ISBN|978-0143445944}}
*''Sacred Games Netflix Tie-in Edition Part 2.'' Penguin. 2018. {{ISBN|978-0143445951}}

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.vikramchandra.com/ Vikram Chandra's webpage]
*[http://www.bostonreview.net/BR25.1/chandra.html "The Cult of Authenticity"], ''Boston Review''
*[http://jaiarjun.blogspot.com/2006/08/conversation-with-vikram-chandra.html A conversation with Vikram Chandra]
*[http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw070419vikram_chandra Radio Interview on Bookworm, NPR]
*[http://www.bookslut.com/features/2007_03_010781.php AN INTERVIEW WITH VIKRAM CHANDRA], ''Bookslut'', MARCH 2007

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