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Rajni Bakshi is a Mumbai-based freelance journalist and author. She writes about social and political movements in contemporary India. Rajni is the founder and curator of Ahimsa Conversations, an online platform for exploring the possibilities of nonviolence. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC63Bx1fQYOkCEom93k4T2tg
She was formerly the Gandhi Peace Fellow at Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations.[1] Her journalism has appeared in many English and Hindi newspapers and magazines.[2] Bakshi attended school in Kingston, Jamaica, Indraprastha College (Delhi), George Washington University (Washington D.C.) and Rajasthan University (Jaipur).[2]
In 2000 Rajni received the Homi Bhabha Fellowship. Her book Bazaars, Conversations and Freedom (2009) won two Vodafone Crossword Book Awards, one in the "Non Fiction" category, and one in the "Popular Award" category.[3][4]
Works[edit | edit source]
- The Long Haul: The Bombay Textile Workers Strike of 1982-83 (1986; Great Bombay Textile Strike)
- The Dispute Over Swami Vivekananda's Legacy (1993; Swami Vivekananda)
- Bapu Kuti: Journeys in Rediscovery of Gandhi (1998)
- LETS Make it Happen: Alternative Economics (2003)
- An Economics for Well-Being (2003)
- Bazaars, Conversations and Freedom (2009)
Notes[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "The science of non-violence". The Hindu. 2 October 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bazaars, Conversations and Freedom, official website
- ↑ "Mumbaikar brings home fiction award". The Times of India. 21 August 2010. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012.
- ↑ "Rajni Bakshi wins two Crossword Book Awards". Hindustan Times. 21 August 2010. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014.
External links[edit | edit source]
- Bazaars, Conversations and Freedom, official website
- Review of Bazaars, Conversations and Freedom
- Rajni Bakshi, Author at Gateway House
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