We are delighted to share the news that the annual A.K. Coomaraswamy Prize 2026 for the best scholarly work in South Asian Studies has gone to Charu Gupta’s Hindi Hindu Histories (Permanent Black Ranikhet, and SUNY Press New York). The award is given by the American Association for Asian Studies. This award honours distinguished non-fiction scholarly works that define or redefine their fields across various disciplines. There is no bigger prize than this for a scholar in Sou

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