The New India Foundation announced the shortlist for the third edition of the 'Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize'. It recognizes excellence in non-fiction writings on modern/ contemporary India. The 6 shortlisted books are a testimony to the quality and diversity of non-fiction writing in and about India.

The Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Book Prize celebrates high-quality, non-fiction literature by emerging writers from all nationalities, published in the previous calendar year. Established in 2018, the Book Prize carries a cash award of INR 15 lacs and a citation. According to a release, this year's long list of 12 titles exhibited the incredible breadth and quality of narratives in and about India, and the jury has shortlisted 6 compelling books.

The six books shortlisted for the Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize 2020 are:

•Mobilizing the Marginalized: Ethnic Parties without Ethnic Movements by Amit Ahuja (Oxford University Press)

•Midnight’s Machines: A Political History of Technology in India by Arun Mohan Sukumar (Penguin Random House)

•The Unquiet River: A Biography of the Brahmaputra by Arupjyoti Saikia (Oxford University Press)

•A Chequered Brilliance: The Many Lives of V.K. Krishna Menon by Jairam Ramesh (Penguin Random House)

•Bottle of Lies: Ranbaxy and the Dark Side of Indian Pharma by Katherine Eban (Juggernaut)

•Wild Himalaya: A Natural History of the Greatest Mountain Range on Earth by Stephen Alter (Aleph)

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