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Crossword Book Awards

Crossword Book Awards, in full Raymond Crossword Book Awards, formerly in full (1998–99) Crossword Book Award, (2000–04) Crossword Book Awards, (2004–08) Hutch Crossword Book Awards, (2008–11) Vodafone Crossword Book Awards, and (2011–13) The Economist Crossword Book Awards, any of a series of Indian literary awards established in 1998 by Indian book retailer Crossword, its stated aim being to create a prize equivalent to Western literary accolades such as the Booker Prize and the Pulitzer Prize.

The Crossword was initially conceived as a single award for a work of �ction written in English by an Indian citizen. In 2000 it was expanded to include a prize for a work of �ction written in any Indian language and translated into English. Following a hiatus (2001–03), in 2004 the bookseller teamed with Hutchison Essar Limited (known as Hutch Essar), an Indian telecommunications company, and reintroduced the honour as the Hutch Crossword Book Award. From 2006 the award included an additional non�ction prize and a popular award, voted on by the public. The award was known as the Vodafone Crossword Book Award from 2008, following the purchase of Hutchison Essar by English telecommunications giant Vodafone Group. A children’s book award was added in 2010. The 2011 prizes were awarded under the name The Economist Crossword Book Awards, which re�ected a shift in sponsorship to the British magazine The Economist. The Raymond Group, a textiles company, sponsored it from 2014.

The awards included a monetary prize, and the winning books were promoted by Crossword. Each category was judged by a panel of writers and academics. Notable winners include , Kiran Desai, and .

Winners of the Crossword Book Award are listed in the table.

Crossword Book Awards

year award author title of work

1998 �ction I. The Everest Hotel: A Calendar

1999 �ction Vikram Seth An Equal Music

1999 translation M. Mukundan; trans. by Gita On the Banks of the Mayyazhi (Mayyalippulayute Krishnankutty tirannalil)

2000 �ction Jamyang Norbu The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes: The Adventures of the Great Detective in and Tibet

2000 translation Bama; trans. by Lakshmi Holmström Karukku

2001–03 no award

2004 � ti A it Gh h Th H Tid https://www.britannica.com/print/article/1786658 1/4 10/10/2017 Crossword Book Awards -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia 2004 �ction The Hungry Tide

2004 translation Chandrasekhar Rath; trans. by Astride the Wheel: Yantrarudha (Oriya) Jatindra Kumar Nayak

2005 �ction Salman Rushdie Shalimar the Clown

2005 translation Krishna Sobti; trans. by Reema The Heart Has Its Reasons (Dilo-danisha) and Meenakshi Swami

2005 non�ction Suketu Mehta Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found

2005 popular Rahul Bhattacharya Pundits from : On Tour with India, 2003– 2004

2006 �ction Vikram Chandra Sacred Games

2006 translation M. Mukundan; trans. by A.J. Thomas Kesavan’s Lamentations (Keshavante vilapannal)

2006 translation Ambai (pseudonym of C.S. Lakshmi); In a Forest, a Deer (Kattil oru man) trans. by Lakshmi Holmström

2006 non�ction Vikram Seth Two Lives

2006 popular Kiran Desai The Inheritance of Loss

2007 �ction Usha K.R. A Girl and a River

2007 translation Sankar; trans. by Arunava Sinha Chowringhee

2007 translation Anand (pseudonym of P. Govardhan’s Travels (Govardhante yatrakal) Sachidanandan); trans. by Gita Krishnakutty

2007 non�ction William Dalrymple The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi, 1857

2007 popular Namita Devidayal The Music Room: A Memoir

2008 �ction Amitav Ghosh Sea of Poppies

2008 �ction Neel Mukherjee Past Continuous

2008 translation Manohar Shyam Joshi; trans. by Ira T’ta Professor (Ta-ta prophesara) Pande

2008 non�ction Pallavi Aiyar Smoke and Mirrors: An Experience of China

2008 non�ction Basharat Peer Curfewed Night

2009 �ction Kalpana Swaminathan Venus Crossing: Twelve Stories of Transit

2009 translation ; trans. by Valson : The Scent of the Other Side Thampu

2009 non�ction Rajni Bakshi Bazaars, Conversations, and Freedom: For a Market Culture Beyond Greed and Fear

2009 non�ction Sunanda K. Datta-Ray Looking East to Look West: Lee Kuan Yew’s https://www.britannica.com/print/article/1786658 2/4 10/10/2017 Crossword Book Awards -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia 10/10/2017 Crossword Book Awards -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia 2004 �ction Amitav Ghosh The Hungry Tide Mission India

2004 translation Chandrasekhar Rath; trans. by Astride the Wheel: Yantrarudha (Oriya) 2009 popular Rajni Bakshi Bazaars, Conversations, and Freedom: For a Jatindra Kumar Nayak Market Culture Beyond Greed and Fear

2005 �ction Salman Rushdie Shalimar the Clown 2009 children’s Siddhartha Sarma The Grasshopper’s Run 2005 translation Krishna Sobti; trans. by Reema The Heart Has Its Reasons (Dilo-danisha) 2010 �ction Ohmair Ahmad Jimmy the Terrorist Anand and Meenakshi Swami 2010 �ction Anjali Joseph Saraswati Park 2005 non�ction Suketu Mehta Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found 2010 translation N.S. Madhavan; trans. by Rajesh Litanies of Dutch Battery (Lantanbattēriyile 2005 popular Rahul Bhattacharya Pundits from Pakistan: On Tour with India, 2003– Rajamohan luttiniyakal) 2004 2010 non�ction V.S. Ramachandran The Tell-Tale Brain: Unlocking the Mystery of 2006 �ction Vikram Chandra Sacred Games Human Nature

2006 translation M. Mukundan; trans. by A.J. Thomas Kesavan’s Lamentations (Keshavante vilapannal) 2010 popular Ashwin Sanghi Chanakya’s Chant

2006 translation Ambai (pseudonym of C.S. Lakshmi); In a Forest, a Deer (Kattil oru man) 2010 children’s Ranjit Lal Faces in the Water trans. by Lakshmi Holmström 2011 �ction Anuradha Roy The Folded Earth 2006 non�ction Vikram Seth Two Lives 2011 translation Anita Agnihotri; trans. by Arunava 17 2006 popular Kiran Desai The Inheritance of Loss Sinha

2007 �ction Usha K.R. A Girl and a River 2011 translation ; trans. by Catherine : The Araya Woman (Koccarētti) 2007 translation Sankar; trans. by Arunava Sinha Chowringhee Thankamma

2007 translation Anand (pseudonym of P. Govardhan’s Travels (Govardhante yatrakal) 2011 non�ction Aman Sethi A Free Man: A True Story of Life and Death in Sachidanandan); trans. by Gita Delhi Krishnakutty 2011 popular Ravi Subramanian The Incredible Banker 2007 non�ction William Dalrymple The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi, 1857 2012 no award

2007 popular Namita Devidayal The Music Room: A Memoir 2013 �ction Janice Pariat Boats on Land 2008 �ction Amitav Ghosh Sea of Poppies 2013 �ction 2008 �ction Neel Mukherjee Past Continuous 2013 translation Ismat Chughati; trans. by M. A Life in Words: Memoirs (Kaghazi hai Pairahan) 2008 translation Manohar Shyam Joshi; trans. by Ira T’ta Professor (Ta-ta prophesara) Asaduddin Pande 2013 non�ction Ananya Vajpeyi Righteous Republic 2008 non�ction Pallavi Aiyar Smoke and Mirrors: An Experience of China 2013 non�ction Pankaj Mishra From the Ruins of Empire 2008 non�ction Basharat Peer Curfewed Night 2013 popular Ravi Subramanian The Bankster 2009 �ction Kalpana Swaminathan Venus Crossing: Twelve Stories of Transit

children’s Uma Krishnaswami Book Uncle and Me 2009 translation Sarah Joseph; trans. by Valson Othappu: The Scent of the Other Side 2013 Thampu 2013 children’s Payal Kapadia Wisha Wozzariter non�ction Rajni Bakshi Bazaars, Conversations, and Freedom: For a 2009 2014 �ction The Blind Lady’s Descendants Market Culture Beyond Greed and Fear 2014 translation Sundara Ramaswamy; trans. by Children, Women, Men 2009 non�ction Sunanda K. Datta-Ray Looking East to Look West: Lee Kuan Yew’s Lakshmi Holmström https://www.britannica.com/print/article/1786658 2/4 https://www.britannica.com/print/article/1786658 3/4 10/10/2017 Crossword Book Awards -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia Lakshmi Holmström

2014 non�ction Samanth Subramanian This Divided Island: Stories from the Sri Lankan War

2014 popular Ravi Subramanian Bankerupt

2014 children’s Shals Mahajan Timmi in Tangles

2015 �ction Amitav Ghosh

2015 translation Shamsur Rahman Faruqi The Sun That Rose from the Earth

2015 non�ction Akshaya Mukul Gita Press and the Making of Hindu India

2015 popular Amish Scion of Ikshvaku

2015 children’s Ranjit Lal Our Nana Was a Nutcase

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