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Hindu Literary Prize
''The Hindu'' Literary Prize or ''The Hindu'' Best Fiction Award, established in 2010, is an Indian literary award sponsored by ''The Hindu Literary Review'' which is part of the newspaper ''The Hindu''. It recognizes Indian works in English and English translation. The first year, 2010, the award was called ''The Hindu'' Best Fiction Award. Starting in 2018 a non-fiction category was included. Winners and shortlist Blue Ribbon () = winner. 2010 * ''Serious Men'', Manu Joseph *''Eunuch Park'', Palash Krishna Mehrotra *''The Pleasure Seekers'', Tishani Doshi *''Venus Crossing'', Kalpana Swaminathan *''Come, Before Evening Falls'', Manjul Bajaj *'' Saraswati Park'', Anjali Joseph *''If I Could Tell You'', Soumya Bhattacharya *''The Thing About Thugs'', Tabish Khair *''The To-Let House'', Daisy Hasan *''Way to Go'', Upamanyu Chatterjee *''Neti, Neti'', Anjum Hasan 2011 * ''The Sly Company of People Who Care'' by Rahul Bhattacharya *''Bharathipura'', translated work of U. R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hindu
''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the second most circulated English-language newspaper in India, after '' The Times of India''. , ''The Hindu'' is published from 21 locations across 11 states of India. ''The Hindu'' has been a family-owned newspaper since 1905, when it was purchased by S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar from the original founders. It is now jointly owned by Iyengar's descendants, referred to as the "Kasturi family", who serve as the directors of the holding company. The current chairperson of the group is Malini Parthasarathy, a great-granddaughter of Iyengar. Except for a period of about two years, when S. Varadarajan held the editorship of the newspaper, the editorial positions of the paper were always held by members of the family or held under their direction. Histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tabish Khair
Tabish Khair is an Indian English author and associate professor in the Department of English, University of Aarhus, Denmark. His books include ''Babu Fictions'' (2001), ''The Bus Stopped'' (2004), which was shortlisted for the Encore Award (UK) and ''The Thing About Thugs'' (2010), which has been shortlisted for a number of prizes, including the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature and the Man Asian Literary Prize. His poem '' Birds of North Europe'' won first prize in the sixth Poetry Society All India Poetry Competition held in 1995. In 2022, he published a new Sci Fi novel, '' he Body by the Shore'. Biography Born and educated mostly in Gaya, India, Khair has received honours and awards including first prize in the sixth Poetry Society (India) Competition held in 1995, an honorary fellowship for creative writing from the Baptist University of Hong Kong, fellowships at New Delhi's universities and a by-fellowship at Churchill College, Cambridge University, UK. He is curre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Em And The Big Hoom
''Em and the Big Hoom'' is a 2012 English-language novel written by Jerry Pinto. The book won ''The Hindu'' Literary Prize, the Crossword Book Award, the Sahitya Akademi Award, and the Windham–Campbell Literature Prize. The foundation of the book is built on the unusual relationships within the Mendes family: Imelda, Augustine, their daughter Susan, and their unnamed son from whose perspective the book is narrated. The non-linear storyline chronicles the life of the family, from the early lives of Imelda and Augustine (known by their children as 'Em' and 'The Big Hoom') to the family's chaotic struggle with Em's bipolar disorder, her euphoric flamboyance, strange charm, and paranoid attempts at suicide. Background and writing While generally categorised as fiction, the book draws heavily on Pinto's upbringing as a Goan Catholic in Mumbai, and his family's struggle with his own mother's bipolar disorder. An earlier version of the novel was written in the form of a memoir, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anuradha Roy (novelist)
Anuradha Roy is an Indian novelist, journalist and editor. She has written five novels: ''An Atlas of Impossible Longing'' (2008), ''The Folded Earth'' (2011), ''Sleeping on Jupiter'' (2015), ''All the Lives We Never Lived'' (2018), and ''The Earthspinner'' (2021). Biography Roy and her husband, publisher Rukun Advani, live in Ranikhet. Career Writing Roy's first novel, ''An Atlas of Impossible Longing'', was picked up for publication after she shared initial pages with writer and publisher Christopher MacLehose, and has been translated into eighteen languages. It was named by ''World Literature Today'' as one of the "60 Essential English Language Works of Modern Indian Literature". ''Sleeping on Jupiter'', her third novel, won the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature and was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Her fourth novel, ''All the Lives We Never Lived'', won the Tata Book of the Year Award for Fiction 2018. It was longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Histori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajesh Raja Mohan
Rajesh is a given name of Indian and Nepali origin. Given name * Rajesh (actor), South Indian actor * Rajesh (Kannada actor), Kannada actor * Rajesh Bishnoi, Indian cricketer * Rajesh Chauhan, Indian cricketer * Rajesh Gangwar, Indian social worker * Rajesh Hamal, Nepali actor * Rajesh Khanna, North Indian actor and politician * Rajesh Khattar, Indian television and film actor * Rajesh Krishnan, Indian actor and playback singer * Rajesh Kumar (actor), Indian television actor * Rajesh Kumar Manjhi, Indian Rashtriya Janata Dal politician * Rajesh Mirchandani, British news presenter and communications executive * Rajesh Pilot, Indian politician of the Congress party * Rajesh Pillai, Indian film director * Rajesh Roshan, Bollywood music composer * Rajesh Sharma (other), several people * Rajesh Singh, Fijian politician of Indian descent *Rajesh Soosainayagam, Indian footballer known as Rajesh S * Rajesh Touchriver, Indian film director * Rajesh Vedprakash, Indian voice ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amitav Ghosh
Amitav Ghosh (born 11 July 1956)Ghosh, Amitav , ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' is an Indian people, Indian writer. He won the 54th Jnanpith award in 2018, India's highest literary honor. Ghosh's ambitious novels use complex narrative strategies to probe the nature of national and personal identity, particularly of the people of India and South Asia. He has written historical fiction and also written non-fiction works discussing topics such as colonialism and climate change. Ghosh studied at The Doon School, Dehradun, and earned a doctorate in social anthropology at the University of Oxford. He worked at the The Indian Express, ''Indian Express'' newspaper in New Delhi and several academic institutions. His first novel The Circle of Reason (novel), ''The Circle of Reason'' was published in 1986, which he followed wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Of Smoke
''River of Smoke'' (2011) is a novel by Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh. It is the second volume of the Ibis trilogy. Synopsis The promotional text refers to the storyline which can be summarized as follows: After the incidents on Ibis, which was caught in a storm and eventually ended up in Mauritius, but with a few passengers less, the story help in this novel begins from where it left off. From the details of the changing lives and traditions of Indian migrants in Mauritius, the novel traces the fate of other characters from Ibis and describes the opium trade in China. The novel has a rich tapestry of characters from various cultural and geographical backgrounds whose common interest is trade with China. The plot is set in Fanqui town, a small strip of land used by foreigners to trade with local Chinese traders, a year before the first opium war. Plot introduction In the year 1838, three ships are caught in a raging storm in the Andaman Sea. The ''Anahita'', owned by Bahram Moddie, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunil Gangopadhyay
Sunil Gangopadhyay or Sunil Ganguly (7 September 1934 – 23 October 2012) was an Indian poet, historian and novelist in the Bengali language based in the city of Kolkata. He is a former Sheriff of Calcutta. Gangopadhyay obtained his master's degree in Bengali from the University of Calcutta. In 1953 he and a few of his friends started a Bengali poetry magazine, '' Krittibas''. Later he wrote for many different publications. Ganguly created the Bengali fictional character '' Kakababu'' whose real name is Raja Roy Chowdhury and his passion is to solve mysteries. He wrote 36 novels in Kakababu series which became significant in Indian children's literature. He received ''Sahitya Akademi'' award in 1985 for his novel '' Those Days'' (''Sei Samay''). Gangopadhyay used the pen name ''Nil Lohit'', ''Sanatan Pathak'', and ''Nil Upadhyay''. He was one of the most popular, creative and celebrated Bengali Writers of the present era. Early life He was born in Faridpur into a Ben ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sushila Punitha
Susheela or Sushila is an Indian name. People with the name include: * P. Susheela, Indian playback singer * Susheela Raman, British Tamil musician * Susheela Gopalan, Indian Communist leader * Susheela Laxman Bangaru, member of 14th Lok Sabha * Sushila Ganesh Mavalankar (1904–95), Indian freedom fighter * Sushila Nayyar Sushila Nayyar, also spelled 'Nayar' (1914 – 2001), was an Indian physician, veteran Gandhian and politician. She played a leading role in several programmes for public health, medical education and social and rural reconstruction in her ..., personal secretary and physician to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi * Sushila Kerketta, member of the 14th Lok Sabha * Sushila Tiriya, Member of the Parliament of India * Sushila Swar, Nepalese politician See also * ''Susheela'' (film), a 1963 film {{disambiguation, given name, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rahul Bhattacharya
Rahul Bhattacharya (born 1979) is an Indian journalist and novelist. He currently resides in New Delhi. Biography Rahul Bhattacharya was born in Bombay (Mumbai) in India, and lived briefly as a baby in Calcutta. His father was Bengali, though born and raised in the small towns of Uttar Pradesh, in the north, and interior Maharashtra, in the centre. His mother was Gujarati, born and raised in Bombay. From about the age of three until the age of nine he lived in a small town called Secunderabad – "the kind of town where houses might have wells in the backyard and goats at the gate." The family moved back to Bombay in 1988 where Bhattacharya studied in English. He graduated from college with a degree in mathematics, although he admits to have "little recollection of it." Bhattacharya's first book is '' Pundits from Pakistan: On Tour with India, 2003-04'' (2005), a non-fiction work about the Indian cricket team’s tour of Pakistan in the year 2004. While the book is largely about ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
