User:MaryGaulke/sandbox/Vikram Sampath requests

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Career

 * Add before "In February 2014,":
 * Sahitya Akademi awarded Sampath the first Yuva Puraskar in English literature in 2012.


 * Add after "The same year, he resigned from the Bangalore Lit Fest, after writer-invitees criticized his opposition to the Award Wapsi campaign. ":
 * In response to the resignation, The Economic Times wrote, "Sampath's move comes with a wave of protest and disappointment in Bengaluru's literary community, with friends, fellow writers and historians asking him to reconsider."


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 * In 2014, as part of his work with the Karnataka Tourism Vision Group, Sampath compiled a report with recommendations for increasing tourism to Karnataka. President Pranab Mukherjee selected Sampath as a writer-in-residence at Rashtrapati Bhavan in 2015., Sampath represented India in the International Society for Music Education.

Women of the Records
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 * Women of the Records, written by Sampath and published in 2021, covered the history of female Indian recording artists in the early 20th century. The book comes with a CD of recordings co-produced by Sampath and Ricky Kej.

Bravehearts of Bharat
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 * Sampath's Bravehearts of Bharat: Vignettes from Indian History, published in 2022, is an anthology of 15 non-fiction stories on the theme of under-appreciated figures from Indian history, including Lachit Barphukan, Chand Bibi, and Lalitaditya Muktapida. Sampath has stated that one of his goals for the book was to shift the "Delhi-centric" perspective of Indian historiography.  As part of a panel discussion marking its launch, Vinay Sahasrabuddhe praised the book.