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.
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- 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- ^ Bakshi, Rajni (2 October 2013). "The science of non-violence". The Hindu.
- ^ a b "Bazaars, Conversations and Freedom: Official Website". Archived from the original on 12 August 2011.
- ^ "Mumbaikar brings home fiction award". The Times of India. 21 August 2010. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012.
- ^ Johari, Aarefa (21 August 2010). "Rajni Bakshi wins two Crossword Book Awards". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014.