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Indian writer
Namit Arora
BornIndia
Alma materIIT Kharagpur
OccupationWriter
Notable workIndians: A Brief History of a Civilization

Namit Arora is an Indian author.

Arora grew up in Gwalior. He is an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur. He obtained a master's degree in computer engineering from Louisiana. 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.

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. A web-series based on the book, supported by a grant from the Raza Foundation and narrated by Arora himself, debuted recently on The Wire.

Books

  • The Lottery of Birth: On Inherited Social Inequalities. Publisher: Three Essays Collective.
  • A California Story. Publisher: Adelaide Books LLC.
  • Love and Loathing in Silicon Valley: A Novel. Publisher: Speaking Tiger Books.
  • Indians: A Brief History of A Civilization. Penguin India.

References

  1. 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.
  2. Gordon, Nicholas (2021-06-24). "Podcast with Namit Arora, author of "Indians: A Brief History of a Civilization"". Retrieved 2024-01-07.
  3. 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.
  4. "Indians: A Brief History of a Civilization". The Sunday Guardian Live. 2021-03-27. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
  5. 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.
  6. "Indians: A Brief History of a Civilisation and Why We Need to Know it". The Wire. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
  7. "The Lottery of Birth: On Inherited Social Inequalities". The Telegraph India.
  8. 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.
  9. Caravan, The. "Love and Loathing in Silicon Valley: A Novel". The Caravan. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
  10. "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.
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