Literary Awards
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This graphic story by Orijit Sen and Pakhi Sen is the winner of the Hamzanama Comic Contest 2020
‘Heart of Light’ won the $5000 first prize.
Orijit Sen & Pakhi Sen
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Mihir Dalal’s candid Flipkart story ‘Big Billion Startup’ wins Gaja Capital Business Book Prize
The prize, established by Gaja Capital in 2019, carries an award of Rs 15 lakh for the winner.
Scroll Staff
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Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay-NIF book prize awarded to authors Jairam Ramesh, Amit Ahuja
The award winners will share the Rs 15 lakh prize money, and will also receive the Book Prize trophy.
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Trending
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India Today takes anchor Rajdeep Sardesai off air for two weeks for tweet about farmer’s death
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Virat Kohli uses an 'MRF bat'. Rohit Sharma uses a 'CEAT bat'. But whose bat do they really use?
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Nine health workers have died in vaccine rollout. India must disclose status of probe into each case
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Whichever way you look at it, Modi’s handling of the farm laws has been a complete mess
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Watch: Golden retriever ‘practises’ menacing faces in the mirror
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Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Book Prize: Here are the six books on the New India Foundation shortlist
A winner will be announced from the six-book shortlist in December 2020.
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S Hareesh wins Rs 25-lakh JCB Prize for Literature 2020 for ‘Moustache’
The debut novel has been translated into English by Jayasree Kalathil.
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JCB Prize 2020: What the shortlisted authors told one another when they met for the first time
A roundtable discussion among five authors and one translator, moderated by Scroll.in.
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Video
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Watch: Meet the woman behind Bernie Sanders’s mittens made of old sweaters, recycled plastic bottles
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Watch: Golden retriever ‘practises’ menacing faces in the mirror
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What will ultra-high-speed travel be like? Watch this simulated video from Virgin Hyperloop
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Watch: Dazzling pink and green auroras dance over northern Finland skies
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Watch: Kashmir’s first igloo restaurant opens in Gulmarg
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Why the Booker Prize is problematic: Its entry criteria tend to overlook small publishers
The prize often illustrates a disconnect between the publishing industry and the reading public.
Jamie Harris, The Conversation
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Why American poet Louise Glück was a ‘safe’ Nobel Prize winner for literature in 2020
The dust has not yet settled fully on the Swedish Academy scandal that led to cancelling the Literature Prize in 2018.
Nikolai Duffy, The Conversation
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Reading the American Nobel Prize-winning poet Louise Glück: Opening lines from nine poems
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2020 went to Louise Glück ‘for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal.’
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The Reel
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‘The Courier’ trailer: Benedict Cumberbatch plays a British spy in Cold War thriller
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Watch: AR Rahman launches ‘maajja’ platform to promote independent music
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Warner Bros releases sneak peek of ‘Suicide Squad’ sequel, new films with Hugh Jackman, Will Smith
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‘Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel’: Series revisits LA hotel linked to several crimes
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‘Silk Road’ trailer: Crime thriller examines the rise and fall of Ross Ulbricht and his darknet site
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Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Book Prize: The longlist is a measure of depth and diversity in non-fiction
Here are the 12 books on the longlist of the Rs 15-lakh prize for non-fiction.
Scroll Staff
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JCB Prize: Deepa Anappara, Samit Basu, Dharini Bhaskar, S Hareesh, Annie Zaidi make the shortlist
The winner of the Rs 25 lakh JCB Prize for Literature 2020 will be announced on November 7.
Scroll Staff
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‘The Discomfort of Evening’: What readers need to know about the Booker International Prize winner
The 29-year-old Marieke Lucas Rijneveld is the youngest and the first Dutch writer to win the Booker International Prize.
Nawaid Anjum
The Field
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Cristiano Ronaldo breaks coronavirus travel restrictions with a trip to a mountain resort: Report
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Premier League: Aubameyang a doubt for Arsenal’s Manchester United clash due to his mother’s health
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First Test: Yasir Shah, Nauman Ali put brakes on South African comeback as Pakistan retain advantage
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India vs England: There are ample opportunities for visiting squads to make a mark, says Andy Flower
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Some Australian Open players are finding quarantine tough but there are both risks and benefits