Rajni Bakshi is a

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...

-based

freelance journalist ''Freelance'' (sometimes spelled ''free-lance'' or ''free lance''), ''freelancer'', or ''freelance worker'', are terms commonly used for a person who is self-employed and not necessarily committed to a particular employer long-term. Freelance w ...

and author. She writes about social and political movements in contemporary

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

. Rajni is the founder and curator of Ahimsa Conversations, an online platform for exploring the possibilities of nonviolence. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC63Bx1fQYOkCEom93k4T2tg She was formerly the ''Gandhi Peace Fellow'' at Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations. Her journalism has appeared in many English and Hindi newspapers and magazines.''Bazaars, Conversations and Freedom''
official website Bakshi attended school in

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Indraprastha College Indraprastha College for Women, also known as Indraprastha College or IP College ( hi, इंद्रप्रस्थ महिला महाविद्यालय), is the oldest women's college in Delhi. Established in 1924, it is a con ...

(Delhi),

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(Washington D.C.) and

Rajasthan University University of Rajasthan is a public and state university in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India and is one of the oldest universities in the state. It was set up on 8 January 1947 as the University of Rajputana and was given its current name in 1956. ...

(Jaipur). In 2000 Rajni received the Homi Bhabha Fellowship. Her book ''Bazaars, Conversations and Freedom'' (2009) won two

Vodafone Crossword Book Award The Crossword Book Award (formerly known as the Crossword Book Award (1998–2003), the Hutch Crossword Book Award (2004–07), the Vodafone Crossword Book Award (2008–10), the Economist Crossword Book Award (2011–13), Raymond & Crossword Bo ...

s, one in the "Non Fiction" category, and one in the "Popular Award" category.

Works

*''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 Swami Vivekananda (; ; 12 January 1863 – 4 July 1902), born Narendranath Datta (), was an Indian Hindu monk, philosopher, author, religious teacher, and the chief disciple of the Indian mystic Ramakrishna. He was a key figure in the intro ...

) *''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)

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External links

''Bazaars, Conversations and Freedom''
official website
Review of ''Bazaars, Conversations and Freedom''Rajni Bakshi, Author at Gateway House
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