[CA] DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2018

 Four Indian authors and two authors of Pakistani origin have made it to the shortlist of the $25, 000 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2018.

Books shortlisted for DSC Prize 2018
#	Book	Author
01	No Presents Please (translated from Kannada)	Jayant Kaikini
02	Home Fire	Kamila Shamsie
03	Miss Laila Armed and Dangerous	Manu Joseph
04	Exit West	Mohsin Hamid
05	A State of Freedom	Neel Mukherjee
06	Harilal & Sons	Sujit Saraf

Founded in 2010 by Surina Narula and Manhad Narula, the DSC Prize has helped raise the profile of South Asian writing. Works are selected on the basis of how poignantly they bring alive a spectrum of themes and emotions relevant to contemporary life in the region