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LONDON “Tomb of Sand,” a novel about an 80-year-old Indian woman’s sudden decision to travel to Pakistan, was named the winner of the International Booker Prize, the prestigious award
NEW DELHI: India’s literary world celebrated on Friday as Geetanjali Shree’s “Tomb of Sand” became the first book written in an Indian language to win the prestigious International Booker Prize. The prize is awarded annually to a book that has been translated into English and published in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Shree wrote “Tomb of Sand” (Hindi title “Ret Samadhi”) in