<p>Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize 2022 has five nonfiction books on its shortlist. </p>.<p>The books are ‘Accidental Feminism: Gender Parity and Selective Mobility Among India’s Professional Elite’ by Swethaa S Ballakrishnen, ‘Whole Numbers and Half Truths: What Data Can and Cannot Tell Us About Modern India’ by Rukmini S, ‘Midnight’s Borders: A People’s History of Modern India’ by Suchitra Vijayan, ‘Born a Muslim: Some Truths about Islam in India’ by Ghazala Wahab, and ‘The Chipko Movement: A People’s History’ by Shekhar Pathak, translated by Manisha Chaudhry. </p>.<p>The shortlist was decided by a jury consisting of political scientist and author Niraja Gopal Jayal, entrepreneur Manish Sabharwal, historian and author Srinath Raghavan, former diplomat Navtej Sarnahistorian, attorney Rahul Matthan, and historian Nayanjot Lahiri.</p>.<p>The shortlisted books “offer keen insights into the making of India today and the transitions it is currently undergoing”, the jury said.</p>.<p>Launched in 2018 by The New India Foundation, the book prize carries a cash reward of Rs 15 lakh and a citation. The winner will be announced on December 1.</p>
<p>Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize 2022 has five nonfiction books on its shortlist. </p>.<p>The books are ‘Accidental Feminism: Gender Parity and Selective Mobility Among India’s Professional Elite’ by Swethaa S Ballakrishnen, ‘Whole Numbers and Half Truths: What Data Can and Cannot Tell Us About Modern India’ by Rukmini S, ‘Midnight’s Borders: A People’s History of Modern India’ by Suchitra Vijayan, ‘Born a Muslim: Some Truths about Islam in India’ by Ghazala Wahab, and ‘The Chipko Movement: A People’s History’ by Shekhar Pathak, translated by Manisha Chaudhry. </p>.<p>The shortlist was decided by a jury consisting of political scientist and author Niraja Gopal Jayal, entrepreneur Manish Sabharwal, historian and author Srinath Raghavan, former diplomat Navtej Sarnahistorian, attorney Rahul Matthan, and historian Nayanjot Lahiri.</p>.<p>The shortlisted books “offer keen insights into the making of India today and the transitions it is currently undergoing”, the jury said.</p>.<p>Launched in 2018 by The New India Foundation, the book prize carries a cash reward of Rs 15 lakh and a citation. The winner will be announced on December 1.</p>