David Devadas

{{short description|Indian journalist and author}}

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| birth_place = Mumbai, Maharashtra

| nationality = Indian

| alma_mater = St. Xavier's School, Delhi, St. Stephen's College, Delhi

| notable_works = In Search of a Future

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David Devadas is an Indian journalist and an author. He is a contributing editor at Firstpost.{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/article/812353/between-azadi-and-national-interest-half-truths-on-kashmir-widen-the-gulf-of-ignorance-and-hate|title=Between 'azadi' and 'national interest': Half-truths on Kashmir widen the gulf of ignorance and hate|website=scroll.in/author/11426|access-date=2018-03-26}} His first book on the Kashmir conflict, In Search of a Future, which discusses the history of Kashmir conflict from 1931 onwards, was critically acclaimed.{{Cite web|url=https://idsa.in/idsanews/david-devadas-interacts-with-idsa-scholars-on-kashmir|title=David Devadas Interacts with IDSA Scholars on Kashmir {{!}} Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses|website=idsa.in|language=en|access-date=2018-07-08}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/the-lsquokrsquo-factor/article13779929.ece|title=The ‘K’ factor|date=2007-12-08|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-07-08|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}

Career

Devadas is the author of The Generation of Rage in Kashmir (published by Oxford University Press), and In Search of a Future: The Story of Kashmir, a book on the Kashmir dispute.{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/author/david-devadas|title=David Devadas |website=TheWire.in|language=en|access-date=2018-03-26}} He has served as a distinguished fellow at the Institute of Social Sciences. He has also been a senior fellow at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, visiting professor at Jamia Millia Islamia, and political editor of Business Standard. He is a journalist with three decades of experience and has reported for India Today, The Indian Express, Gulf News, Hindustan Times and The Economic Times. He was a political editor at Business Standard. He served as a visiting professor at Jamia Millia Islamia University in 2005 and a senior fellow at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (2009–11). He has edited Jammu and Kashmir's largest English daily and worked at the Islamic University of Science and Technology at Awantipora, Kashmir.{{cite web|last1=D|first1=Devadas|title=DavidDavadas|url=https://www.firstpost.com/author/david-devadas|website=FirstPost|publisher=FirstPost|accessdate=13 October 2010|ref=1}}

Published works

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  • The Generation of Rage in Kashmir (2018)
  • The Story of Kashmir: Geopolitics, Politics, Society, Culture and Changing Aspirations{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/ordinary-kashmiris-hit-by-successive-developments-former-jk-governor-vohra/article29430983.ece|title=Ordinary Kashmiris hit by successive developments: former J&K Governor Vohra|last=Bhattacherjee|first=Kallol|date=2019-09-16|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-09-16|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}} (2019)

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