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Ornit Shani

Ornit Shani’s ‘How India Became Democratic’ wins the Rs 15-lakh New India Foundation Book prize

An excerpt from the winning book on registering Partition refugees for the electoral rolls.

Ornit Shani
· Nov 10, 2019 · 07:30 am
As newly independent India set about becoming a democracy, the press played a crucial role

Preparing electoral rolls on the basis of universal adult franchise was the greatest experiment in democratic history and needed a narrative for the public.

Ornit Shani
· Mar 07, 2018 · 08:30 am