[CA] The Hindu Prize 2016

·       Kiran Doshi, a retired diplomat and educationist from Gujarat, won The Hindu Prize 2016 for his third major work of fiction, Jinnah Often Came to Our House, a book set against the political turmoil of the subcontinent from the early part of the 20th century, ending with the Partition and Independence.

·       Mr. Doshi was among the five authors shortlisted from nearly 60 entries for the seventh edition of the prize. The shortlisted works included

Ø Anil Menon’s Half Of What I Say

Ø Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar’s The Adivasi Will Not Dance

Ø Kunal Basu’s Kalkatta and

Ø Manjula Padmanabhan’s The Island of Lost Girls

·       K. Satchidanandan, a member of the jury, pointed to the manner in which Jinnah Often Came to Our House, with its “unbiased wisdom, corrects all kinds of prejudices about political leaders and religious communities.”

The award —a citation and a cash prize of Rs. 5 lakh — was given away by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Geraldine Brooks at The Hindu Lit for Life fest organised in Chennai