The awarding of the Vodafone Crossword Book Award 2009 winners was held at Tata Theatre, NCPA, Nariman Point yesterday. Chief guest Ruskin Bond made the announcement.
For the fiction category, Kalpana Swaminathan won for Venus Crossing.
In Venus Crossing, Kalpana Swaminathan masterfully crafts twelve stories that lay bare the deepest complexities of human relationships. The stories capture the instant of transit, that moment when the impossible—the unthinkable—is absorbed into the fabric of life so that life can be lived again. Incisive, brilliant and deeply compassionate, Venus Crossing showcases Kalpana Swaminathan’s consummate skill as a storyteller and proves, yet again, the uncompromising vision of her craft.
The other winners are:
Non Fiction (joint winners) - Bazaars, Conversations & Freedom by Rajni Bakshi and Looking East to Look West by Sunanda K Datta- Ray
Children - The Grasshoppers Run by Siddhartha Sarma
Translation - Othappu by Valson Thampu and Translated by Sarah Joseph
Popular - Bazaars, Conversations & Freedom by Rajni Bakshi
For the fiction category, Kalpana Swaminathan won for Venus Crossing.
In Venus Crossing, Kalpana Swaminathan masterfully crafts twelve stories that lay bare the deepest complexities of human relationships. The stories capture the instant of transit, that moment when the impossible—the unthinkable—is absorbed into the fabric of life so that life can be lived again. Incisive, brilliant and deeply compassionate, Venus Crossing showcases Kalpana Swaminathan’s consummate skill as a storyteller and proves, yet again, the uncompromising vision of her craft.
The other winners are:
Non Fiction (joint winners) - Bazaars, Conversations & Freedom by Rajni Bakshi and Looking East to Look West by Sunanda K Datta- Ray
Children - The Grasshoppers Run by Siddhartha Sarma
Translation - Othappu by Valson Thampu and Translated by Sarah Joseph
Popular - Bazaars, Conversations & Freedom by Rajni Bakshi
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