This might be of interest to writers working on different aspects of the history of independent India.
http://www.newindiafoundation.org/thefellowships.htm ============================================= The core activity of the New India Foundation are the New India Fellowships, awarded to scholars and writers working on different aspects of the history of independent India. The duration of the fellowships is twelve months. Fellows are paid Rs. 50, 000 a month. Each year, a mix of young and experienced candidates are selected. The New India Fellowships are open only to Indian nationals, including those currently living abroad. Fellowship holders are expected to write original books. Their proposals should be oriented towards final publication, and outline a road map towards that destination. The Foundation is ecumenical as regards genre, theme, and ideology: the only requirement is that the proposed works contribute to the fuller understanding of independent India. Thus Fellowship holders may choose to write a memoir, or a work of reportage, or a thickly footnoted academic study. Their books could be oriented towards economics, or politics, or culture. They could be highly specific-an account of a single decade or a single region-or wide-ranging, such as a countrywide overview. The books that result from the New India Fellowship will convey original research in an accessible manner to different constituencies. To that end, each book will be published by a prestigious publishing house. The Trustees have wide experience of publishing with leading firms (Oxford University Press, University of Chicago Press, Blackwell, Penguin) in India and abroad. Candidates for the New India Fellowship are sought through nominations and select advertising in leading journals. The Trustees shall assess the proposals and make a short list from the submissions. The shortlisted candidates will be called for an interview, before a jury consisting of eminent people from the worlds of scholarship, business, and social service. In December 2004, the first New India Fellows were chosen. They are: 1. Harish Damodaran (journalist, New Delhi), to write a book on the sociology of business communities in independent India. 2. Shashank Kela (social activist, Nagpur), to write a book on adivasi-state relations in central India. 3. Dr Deepak K. Singh (political scientist, Chandigarh), to write a book on the conflicts between Chakma refugees and indigenous tribals in north-east India. 4. Dr Chitra Sinha (historian, Mumbai), to write a book on the Hindu Code Bill debate and the shaping of modern India. In December 2005, the second New India Fellows were chosen. They are: 1. Dr Venu Govindu (scientist, Goa) and Dr Deepak Malghan (scientist, Bangalore) to write an intellectual biography of J. C. Kumarappa. 2. Dinesh C. Sharma (journalist, Delhi) to write a history of the IT industry in India 3. Dr Indira Chowdhury (historian, Bangalore) to write an institutional history of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. 4. Dr S. V. Srinivas (film scholar, Bangalore) to write a social history of the Telugu film industry. 5. Dr Vasanthi Srinivasan (political scientist, Hyderabad) to write a book on the political philosophy of C. Rajagopalachari. In June 2007, the third round of New India Fellows were chosen. They are: 1. Ayesha Kidwai (scholar of literature and lingustics, Delhi) to prepare an annotated translation of Begum Anees Kidwai's classic memoir Azaadi ki Chayon Mein. 2. Professor Varun Sahni (political scientist, Delhi) to write a history of India's strategic and foreign policy since Independence. 3. Dr Ghazala Shahabuddin (ecologist, Delhi) to write a book on the science and politics of biodiversity conservation in India. 4. Bikramjeet Batra (legal scholar, Delhi) to write a book on debates on the death penalty in India. 5. Ashok Chandran (writer, Palakkad) to write a biography of the politician and social reformer P. T. Bhaskar Panicker. ============================================== How to Apply Applicants for the New India Fellowships are invited to submit the following: CV Book proposal Writing sample of at least 5000 words (published or unpublished) Send this to: The Managing Trustee, The New India Foundation, 22 A Brunton Road, Bangalore 560025. Entries may be sent by post or courier and must reach before 31 May, 2008. Email applications will not be entertained. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ