Remembering Shakti Bhatt
(1980 – 2007)
16 July, 2020
New 2020 Shakti Bhatt Prize to Anand Teltumbde and Gautam Navlakha
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For twelve years the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize has recognized and celebrated literature from the South Asian subcontinent, honouring wri...
02 December, 2019
Tony Joseph wins Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2019
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Tony Joseph’s Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From is the winner of the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2019. E...
02 September, 2019
The Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2019: short list
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As it enters its twelfth year, the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize continues to acknowledge literature from the many countries of the South As...
29 August, 2019
Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2019: Jury
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Announcing the judges for the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2019: Sonia Faleiro is a journalist and the author, most recently, of Beau...
19 October, 2018
Sujatha Gidla wins Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2018
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Sujatha Gidla’s Ants Among Elephants: An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India (Harper Collins) is the winner of the Shakti Bha...
09 August, 2018
Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2018: short list
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We That Are Young , Preti Taneja, Penguin/Hamish Hamilton Ants among Elephants , Sujatha Gidla, Harper Collins Temporary People , Deepak...
24 November, 2017
Anuk Arudpragasam’s The Story of a Brief Marriage wins the 2017 prize
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Anuk Arudpragasam’s novel The Story of a Brief Marriage has won the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2017. A native of Colombo, his work,...
21 August, 2017
Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2017 Shortlist
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Prayaag Akbar , Leila (Simon & Schuster) Hirsh Sawhney , South Haven (HarperCollins) Anuk Arudpragasam , The Story of a Brief Marr...
20 July, 2017
This year’s judges
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This year, we have an all-woman panel, a first for the tenth year of the prize. Rohini Mohan won the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2015, ...
27 August, 2016
2016 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize: short list
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This year’s shortlist for the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize reminds us that the diaspora is writing hard and writing well. Four of our selec...
23 July, 2016
Announcing the judges for the 2016 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2016
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Now in its ninth year, the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize is set to release its 2016 shortlist. The Shakti Bhatt Foundation has announced the...
06 June, 2016
Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2016: call for entries
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The Shakti Bhatt Foundation is inviting entries for the 2016 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize. In its ninth year, the prize is a cash award of ...
24 November, 2015
Rohini Mohan wins Shakti Bhatt prize
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Rohini Mohan’s The Seasons of Trouble has won the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2015. “The shortlist this year was diverse and spectacular,...
09 June, 2015
2015 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize - call for entries
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The Shakti Bhatt Foundation is inviting entries for the 2015 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize. In its eighth year, the prize is a cash award of...
24 November, 2014
Bilal Tanweer wins 2014 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize
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Lahore-based author Bilal Tanweer has won the 2014 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize for his novel The Scatter Here Is Too Great (Random House ...
28 September, 2014
The Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize: the 2014 short list
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The shortlist for the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2014 has been announced. In its seventh year, the prize money has been increased to Rs 2...
25 June, 2014
2014 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize - call for entries
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Entries invited for literary prize The Shakti Bhatt Foundation is inviting entries for the 2014 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize. In its seve...
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01 September, 2013
Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2013: short list
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Announcing the shortlist for the 2013 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize. The six books in contention for this year’s cash prize of Rs. 1 lakh a...
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04 December, 2012
Naresh Fernandes's Taj Mahal Foxtrot wins the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2012
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Naresh Fernandes has won the 2012 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize for Taj Mahal Foxtrot: The Story of Bombay's Jazz Age , an account of...
05 September, 2012
Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize short list announced
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The Shakti Bhatt Foundation has announced its short list for the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2012. Long list judges, poet/author Jeet Thay...
08 August, 2012
Judges announced for Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2012
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Literary agent David Godwin , dancer, author and poet Tishani Doshi and author Basharat Peer will be the judges of the Shakti Bhatt First ...
30 November, 2011
The Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2011 - Winner
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First-time author, 78, wins Shakti Bhatt prize Jamil Ahmad has won the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2011 for his book The Wandering Falcon ...
11 July, 2011
The 2011 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize - Call for submissions
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The Shakti Bhatt Foundation announces the 2011 SHAKTI BHATT FIRST BOOK PRIZE The Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize is a cash award of one lakh r...
04 December, 2010
The Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2010 - Winner
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Following Fish wins Shakti Bhatt prize Samanth Subramanian's debut book Following Fish has won the 2010 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize....
04 September, 2010
Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize - Shortlist
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The Shakti Bhatt Foundation has released its shortlist for the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2010. The six books are: Home Boy , by H M Naqv...
18 August, 2010
The 2010 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize - Call for submissions
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The Shakti Bhatt Foundation announces The 2010 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize In its third year, the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize is a cash ...
24 December, 2009
The Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2009 - Award Ceremony
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14th December, 2009, British Council, New Delhi Photos by Kavi Bhansali
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