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British writer spoke about his fondness of the late author and more at BLF
This year’s pandemic, among its many disruptions, robbed Bengalureans of a chance to see Alexander McCall Smith in person. The internationally acclaimed British author was part of the line-up of speakers at the ninth edition of the two-day Bangalore Literature Festival (BLF) that commenced on Saturday. But he could only participate in the festival online owing to the travel restrictions.
In an entertaining and insightful session with Bengaluru-based Swedish writer Zac O’Yeah, Mr. McCall Smith admitted that he missed visiting India. “I was there before the pandemic,” he said, “I did quite a bit of my writing there.”
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Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize 2020 jointly awarded to Jairam Ramesh, Amit Ahuja s works The Prize, established in 2018, recognises and celebrates excellence in non-fiction writing about Independent India by writers of all nationalities. FP Staff December 10, 2020 13:26:10 IST
The New India Foundation (NIF) Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Book Prize was on Thursday, 10 December, awarded jointly to Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California Amit Ahuja for his book
Mobilizing the Marginalised: Ethnic Parties without Ethnic Movements, and Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh for
A Chequered Brilliance: The Many Lives of VK Krishna Menon.
The 2020 winners will share the prize money of Rs 15 lakhs for their respective books and will each receive the Book Prize trophy.