Hindol Sengupta

Hindol Sengupta (born 1979 in Jamshedpur) is an Indian historian and journalist. Sengupta lives in Delhi and is Editor-at-Large at Fortune India where he writes a weekly column.[1] He is also a columnist for Aspen Italia and The New Indian Express.[2]

Education

He was educated in South Asian history and politics at Worcester College, Oxford, as a Chevening Scholar, in business and finance as a Knight-Bagehot Fellow at Columbia University, and in journalism and film-making at Jamia Millia Islamia and Delhi University.[3]

Work

In 2019, his book "The Man Who Saved India" won the prize for best work of non-fiction at the Valley of Words literary festival in India. In 2018, he became the only Indian to win the Wilbur Award given by the Religion Communicators Council of America for his book "Being Hindu". In 2015, his book Recasting India was shortlisted for the Hayek Prize given by the Manhattan Institute, a conservative American think-tank.[4] He was also awarded the PSF Award in 2015 [5] for his contribution to writing. His books have been reviewed over multiple media outlets.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]

In 2017, he was selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.[17] He is a co-founder of the Whypoll Trust which garnered media attention after mapping places in Delhi that were dangerous for women, and following up with releasing an emergency smartphone-app.[18]

Hindol Sengupta’s tenth book Sing, Dance and Pray was released on May 14, 2022. This is the authorized biography of Srila Prabhupada, Founder-Acharya of ISKCON.[19]

Sing, Dance and Pray was published by Penguin Random House India.[20]

The former President of India Shri Ramnath Kovind said, “I am happy to receive a copy of the book, titled ‘Sing, Dance and Pray: The inspirational story of Srila Prabhupada’ by Dr. Hindol Sengupta, commemorating this momentous year of Srila Prabhupada’s 125th birth anniversary.”[21]

The Vice President of India Shri Venkaiah Naidu appreciated the book and said “Dr.Hindol Sengupta has captured all the important aspects in this book that will be a fitting tribute to Srila Prabhupada on his 125th birth anniversary.” [22]

Smt.Sudha Murty, author and philanthropist, said that after reading the book, she truly understood Prabhupada’s vision, and who this person really was. She added, “the book is more successful because it brings in a ‘logically convincing’ point of view to prove why Prabhupada is so influential.” [23]

Books

Essays
  • Indian Fashion, Pearson Education, 2005, 255 p. Foreword by Ritu Kumar.
  • Rampup: The Business of Indian Fashion, Pearson Power, 2009, 233 p. Forewords by JJ Valaya, Tina and Tarun Tahiliani.
  • The Liberals, HarperCollins, 2012, 311 p.
  • 100 Things To Know and Before You Vote, HarperCollins, 2014, 242 p.
  • Recasting India: How Entrepreneurship is Revolutionizing the World's Largest Democracy, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, 249 p.
  • Being Hindu: Old Faith, New World and You, Penguin Books, 2015, 192 p.
  • The Modern Monk, Penguin Books, 2016, 304 p.
  • The Man who Saved India: Sardar Patel and His Idea of India, Penguin Books, 2018, 437 p.

Novel
  • The Sacred Sword: The Legend of Guru Gobind Singh, Gurgaon : Penguin Books, 2017, 231 p.

References
  1. "polemicist". www.fortuneindia.com. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  2. "Hindol Sengupta". Aspenia Online. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  3. "Knight-Bagehot Fellows 2017-2018 Announced" (PDF). New York: Columbia Journalism School. 21 April 2017.
  4. "Indian author shortlisted for Hayek Prize". The Hindu. PTI. 3 February 2015. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 6 November 2019.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. "Pinnamaneni foundation award for Hariprasad Chaurasia and Hindol". The Hindu. 12 December 2015. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  6. Varma, P. Sujatha (17 December 2015). "We are all part of the Great Indian Dream, says Hindol Sengupta". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  7. Kalra, Gaurav (2017). "Hindol Sengupta, The Modern Monk: What Vivekananda means to us today". Romanian Journal of Indian Studies (1): 110–115. ISSN 2601-064X.
  8. "Being Hindu book review: 'Hindu'-ising history". The Financial Express. 13 March 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  9. Saran, Kranti (24 May 2016). "In search of Hinduism". Business Standard India. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  10. Anjum, Zafar (9 June 2016). "Challenging the Prejudices in Hindol Sengupta's Being Hindu". kitaab. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  11. IANS (31 July 2017). "Vivekananda wanted Hindu reformation first (Book Review)". Business Standard India. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  12. Kaur, Kulbir (17 September 2017). "Book Review 'The Sacred Sword: The Legend Of Guru Gobind Singh'". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  13. Carter, Maxwell (12 February 2015). "Slumdog Millionaires". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  14. Banerjee, Suparna (13 June 2015). "Celebrating quiet enterprise". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  15. Khandelwal, Akshat. "Why the cult of the entrepreneur will not save India". The Caravan. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  16. "Ready, steady, go". The Economist. 18 April 2015. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  17. "Five Indians join World Economic Forum's Young Global Leaders community - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  18. Roy, Nilanjana S. (8 November 2011). "The New York Times".
  19. "The bookworm monks". Governance Now. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  20. "Sing, Dance and Pray - Penguin Random House India". Penguin.co.in. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  21. "Address by the Hon'ble President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind on the occasion of Lokarpan Ceremony of the New Iskcon Temple" (Press release). Delhi: Press Information Bureau. 14 June 2022.
  22. "Vice President launches ISKCON book 'Sing, Dance and Pray'". The Daily Guardian. 25 July 2022.
  23. Madhumita Rajgopal (12 July 2022). "A Monk's Life". The New Indian Express.
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