India, Oct. 23 -- Merck, a leading science and technology company, has announced that it has presented Kris Manjapra with the fourth Merck-Tagore Award for his contribution towards intercultural exchange between India and Germany. Manjapra is awarded for his book, "The Age of Entanglement: German and Indian Intellectuals across Empire" (Harvard Historical Studies), with which he explores patterns of connection linking German and Indian intellectuals from the nineteenth century to the years after the Second World War.

Dr. Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp, Chairman of the Executive Board and the Family Board of E. Merck KG, handed over the award to Kris Manjapra, at a glittering event organised as part of the anniversary celebrations of the Goe...