And the Shortlist Is…

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. A Girl and A River — Usha K. R. — Penguin Books India
2. The Assassin’s Song — M.G. Vassanji — Penguin Books India
3. Filming — Tabish Khair — Picador India
4. The City of Love — Rimi B. Chatterjee — Penguin Books India
5. Lunatic In My Head — Anjum Hasan — Zubaan & Penguin Books India
6. Home Products — Amitava Kumar — Picador India

NON-FICTION :
1. The Music Room — Namita Devidayal — Random House India
2. Mohandas: A True Story of a Man — Rajmohan Gandhi — Penguin
3. The Last Mughal — William Dalrymple — Penguin
4. City of Fear — Robin David — Penguin Books India
5. India After Gandhi: A History of the World’s Largest Democracy — Ramachandra Guha — Picador

TRANSLATION:
1. Govardhan’s Travels – Anand C P Sachidanandan – Gita Krishnankutty – Penguin
2. Chowringhee – Sankar – Arunava Sinha – Penguin
3. Naalukettu: The House Around a Courtyard – MT Vasudevan Nair – Gita Krishnankutty – OUP
4. Alma Kabutari – Maitreyi Pushpa – Raji Narasimhan – Katha
5. Star Crossed – Ashokamitran – V Ramnarayan – Indian Writing
6. The Ghosts Of Arasur – Era Murukan – Janaki Venkataraman – Indian Writing