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Namit Arora
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Namit Arora is an Indian author.[1]
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Arora grew up in Gwalior. He is an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur. He obtained a master's degree in computer engineering from Louisiana.[2] He cut short his career of almost 2 decades in the tech industry of Silicon Valley to return to India in 2013 to write books.[3]
Arora's book Indians: A Brief History of a Civilization has been translated into Hindi and Tamil, and was longlisted for the 2022 Karwaan Book Award. He is an Indian author.[4][5] A web-series based on the book, supported by a grant from the Raza Foundation and narrated by Arora himself, was published on The Wire in 2024.[6]
Books
[edit]- The Lottery of Birth: On Inherited Social Inequalities. Publisher: Three Essays Collective.[7]
- A California Story. Publisher: Adelaide Books LLC.[8]
- Love and Loathing in Silicon Valley: A Novel. Publisher: Speaking Tiger Books.[9]
- Indians: A Brief History of A Civilization. Penguin India.[10]
- Speaking of History, co-authored with Romila Thapar. Penguin India.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ Chishti, Seema (2021-03-20). "Seema Chishti reviews Indians: A Brief History of a Civilization, by Namit Arora". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
- ^ Gordon, Nicholas (2021-06-24). "Podcast with Namit Arora, author of "Indians: A Brief History of a Civilization"". Retrieved 2024-01-07.
- ^ Khan, Abdullah (2021-10-10). "'No one person gets to limit what it means to be Indian': Namit Arora, author of 'Indians'". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
- ^ "Indians: A Brief History of a Civilization". The Sunday Guardian Live. 2021-03-27. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
- ^ Scroll Staff (2022-07-09). "2022 Karwaan Prize: Ten longlisted books that focus on the history of the Indian subcontinent". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
- ^ "Indians: A Brief History of a Civilisation and Why We Need to Know it". The Wire. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
- ^ "The Lottery of Birth: On Inherited Social Inequalities". The Telegraph India.
- ^ Balasubramanian, Hari (2019-09-23). ""A California Story" by Namit Arora: An Endearing, Honest Portrait of Indian American Life". 3 Quarks Daily. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
- ^ Caravan, The. "Love and Loathing in Silicon Valley: A Novel". The Caravan. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
- ^ "7 Must-Read Books on Ancient Indian History to Unveil the Past". The Economic Times. 2023-06-15. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
- ^ "Past, present, future: The dangerous path of distorted history". The Hindu. 2026-01-01. Retrieved 2026-02-16.