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Vikram Chandra (novelist)
Vikram Chandra (born 1961 in India) is an Indian-American writer. His first novel, ''Red Earth and Pouring Rain'', won the 1996 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book.〔("Vikram Chandra" ), South Asian Journalists Association〕
He is sometimes confused with Vikram A Chandra, an Indian journalist and author who published ''The Srinagar Conspiracy'' (2000).
==Early life==
Chandra was born in New Delhi in 1961. His father Navin Chandra was a business executive who is now retired. His mother Kamna Chandra has written several Hindi films and plays. Her most notable works include the films ''Prem Rog'' (1982) and ''1942: A Love Story'' (1994), and ''Chandni,'' directed by Yash Chopra. His sister Tanuja Chandra became a filmmaker and screenwriter. She has also directed several films, including ''Sur'' and ''Sangharsh'' (1999). His sister Anupama Chopra is a film critic and consulting editor for India's NDTV.
Chandra received his high school education at Mayo College in Ajmer, Rajasthan. He attended St. Xavier's College in Mumbai and, as an undergraduate student, transferred to the United States. He graduated from Pomona College in Claremont, California, with a B.A. ''magna cum laude'' in English (concentration in Creative Writing). Chandra attended film school at Columbia University, leaving halfway through to begin work on his first novel. He received his M.A. from The Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University in 1987. He has taught at George Washington University, and lectured at University of California, Berkeley.〔(), Press release, University of California, Berkeley〕
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