Shortlists for the Vodafone Crossword 2010 Book Awards Announced

The finalists for the five categories of the Vodafone Crossword Book Awards were announced on July 27th at a function at Alliance Francaise de Delhi:

Fiction:

• Saraswati Park by Anjali Joseph
• The Quarantine Papers by Kalpish Ratna
• Jimmy the Terrorist by Omair Ahmed
• The Crimson Throne by Sudhir Kakar
• Way To Go by Upamanyu Chatterjee

Non- Fiction:

• Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy by Raghuram Rajan
• Known Turf by Annie Zaidi
• Memories of a Rolling Stone by Vina Mazumdar
• The Tell - Tale Brain: Unlocking the Mystery of Human Nature by V.S. Ramachandran
• The Lost River: On The Trail of the Sarasvati by Michel Danino

Translation:

• The Golden Gandhi Statue from America by Subimal Misra & translated by V Ramaswamy
• Manasarovar by Ashokamitran & translated by N. Kalyan Raman
• This Is Not That Dawn by Yashpal & translated by Anand
• Litanies of Dutch Battery by N.S. Madhavan & translated by Rajesh R
• The House with Five Courtyards by Govind Mishra & translated by Masooma Ali

Children's writing:

• Mr. Oliver’s Diary by Ruskin Bond
• The Book Of Guardians : The Fang Of Summoning by Giti Chandra
• Sahyadri Adventure - Koleshwar's Secret & Anirudh's Dream by Deepak Dalal
• KONI: The Story of a Champion by Moti Mandy
• At Least a Fish by Anushka Ravishankar

Popular award:

• The Immortals of Meluha by Amish
• Keep the Change by Nirupama S
• Dork by Sidin Vadukut
• Chanakya’ s Chant by Ashwin Sanghi
• Johnny Gone Down by Karan Bajaj
• Connect the Dots by Rashmi Bansal
• You can sell by Shiv Khera
• Simply Fly by Captain Gopinath
• Corporate Chanakya by Radhakrishnan Pillai
• When the penny drops by R Gopalakrishnan

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