Ornit Shani is an Israeli academic, author and professor at the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Haifa.[1] She won the Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize in 2018 for her book How India Became Democratic.[2][3][4][5] 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.
Ornit Shani | |
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| Nationality | Israeli |
| Notable work | How India Became Democratic |