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Kancha Ilaiah Wins Award

Posted on July 31, 2008 by

Kancha Ilaiah has won the prestigious London Institute of South Asia (LISA) Award for 2008 for his book Why I am Not a Hindu. Richly deserved. I’m happy also for his publishers, Samya and Navayana. See here for the news, … Continue reading →

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And Then Silence

Posted on July 5, 2008 by

It’s now two whole days since the awards ceremony concluded. There has been total silence from the press, with not even a routine parroting of official press releases. As Supriyadi comments on the preceding post, so far it’s only my … Continue reading →

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The Vodafone Crossword Book Award 2007

Posted on July 4, 2008 by

The suspense is over. Yesterday at a glittering ceremony at the Nehru Centre in Worli, Mumbai, the winners in the four categories of the Vodafone Crossword Book Award were announced. Attendance on the part of shortlistees was good, with about … Continue reading →

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Orphaned

Posted on June 7, 2008 by

Crossword has confirmed the shortlist and sent me the link to it, but unfortunately this appears to be an orphaned page and there don’t seem to be any links to it from Crossword’s homepage, or at least I couldn’t discover … Continue reading →

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And the Shortlist Is…

Posted on June 3, 2008 by

I got a pleasant surprise this morning when my editor mailed me to say that City of Love has been shortlisted for the Vodafone Crossword Book Award. Here is the shortlist, crossposted from Karri Sriram’s blog. Thanks Sriram. FICTION: 1. … Continue reading →

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