Malvika Singh

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Malvika Singh
Born1949
Mumbai
OccupationWriter, historian, columist
Education Modern School
National School of Drama
Notable works New Delhi: Making of a Capital (2009)
RelativesFather (Romesh Thapar)

Malvika Singh, also known as Mala Singh, (born 1949) is an Indian author, historian, editor of Seminar , and advocate of Indian handicrafts. Her books include New Delhi: Making of a Capital (2009). [1]

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Early life and education

Malvika Singh, known affectionately as Mala, was born in 1949 in Mumbai, to Romesh Thapar and his wife Raj. [2] [3] [4] Her younger brother was Valmik Thapar. [5] By her teens the family had moved to Delhi where she attended Modern School. [6] After leaving Miranda House she attended the National School of Drama. [7]

Career

In her early twenties, Singh was employed by Pupul Jayakar at the Handicrafts and Handlooms Corporation of India, working at its handicrafts store in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [8] Ashok Advani then recruited her as editor of Business India . [7]

New Delhi: Making of a Capital

Singh's history books include New Delhi: Making of a Capital , edited by Pramod Kapoor and published by Roli Books in 2009. [9] [10]

Saris of Memory

In 2025 she published Saris of Memory , her book on the history the sari, an item she collects and employs as a metaphor for Indian identity. [11] [12] It features significant accounts of the revival of Indian handlooms in the post-independence period. [12]

Selected publications

References

  1. ↑ Thatipalli, Mallik (16 March 2025). "The warp and weft of India". www.deccanchronicle.com. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  2. ↑ Shah, Ranvir (30 January 2025). "'My saris and I have conversations': Malvika Singh". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 15 July 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  3. ↑ "Malvika Singh". Roli. Archived from the original on 17 July 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  4. ↑ DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide: Delhi. Dorling Kindersley Limited. 2010. p. 58. ISBN   978-1-4053-5997-9.
  5. ↑ Nandi, Jayashree. "Man who moved mountains for tigers dies at 73". www.epaper.hindustantimes.com. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  6. ↑ Jain, Saudamini (7 December 2013). "'Delhi, the perpetual city, has a soul unlike Mumbai'". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 18 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  7. 1 2 Singh, Kishore (21 January 2013). "Lunch with BS: Tejbir and Malvika Singh". Business Standard. Archived from the original on 17 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  8. ↑ Mehrotra, Parth Phiroze. "Saris, Memories and Lessons in Doing". The Wire. Archived from the original on 15 July 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  9. ↑ Konar, Ankur (2024). "2. Discourses on Delhi and Literary Representations". Contextualizing Urban Narratives through the Socio-Spatial Dialectic. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 8–24. ISBN   978-1-0364-0093-4.
  10. ↑ "Special India Edition". The Lutyens Trust. Archived from the original on 15 July 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  11. ↑ Kapur, Mita (30 January 2025). "Saris of Memory by Malvika Singh chronicles the history of India's textile legacy through personal narratives". Vogue India. Archived from the original on 17 July 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  12. 1 2 Majumder, Rishi (22 February 2025). "'The way a sari is worn is a living dictionary of India's stories': Cultural historian Malvika Singh". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 25 April 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
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