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Jerry Pinto
Jerry Pinto
	Pinto at Kerala Literature Festival, Kozhikode, February 2018
Born	1966 (age 57–58)
Nationality	Indian
Occupation(s)	journalist, poet
Works	Em and the Big Hoom
Awards	Sahitya Akademi

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Jerry Pinto (born 1966) is a Mumbai-based Indian-English poet, novelist, short story writer, translator, as well as journalist. Pinto's works include Helen: The Life and Times of an H-Bomb (2006), which won the Best Book on Cinema Award at the 54th National Film Awards, Surviving Women (2000) and Asylum and Other Poems (2003). His first novel Em and the Big Hoom was published in 2012.^[1] Pinto won the Windham-Campbell prize in 2016 for his fiction.^[2] He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2016 for his novel Em and the Big Hoom.

Background

Jerry Pinto is a Roman Catholic of Goan origin, and grew up in Mahim Mumbai.^[3] He received a liberal arts degree from Elphinstone College, University of Mumbai, and a law degree from Government Law College, Mumbai.

Career

His 2006 book about actress Helen Jairag Richardson titled The Life and Times of an H-Bomb,^[4] went on to win the National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema in 2007.

His collection of poems, Asylum and Other Poems appeared in 2003. He has also co-edited Confronting Love (2005), a book of contemporary Indian love poetry in English. He returned to magazine journalism as a Consulting Editor at Man's World magazine.^[5] Later, he joined Paprika Media (the publishing house that brings out Time Out Mumbai and Time Out Delhi) to edit their special projects. He is now a freelance journalist, writing articles for the Hindustan Times and Live Mint newspapers, as well as The Man and MW

In 2009, he coauthored Leela: A Portrait with Leela Naidu, a semi-biographical book of anecdotes and photos from Leela Naidu's life. Leela Naidu was continuously listed as one of top ten or top five most beautiful women in the world in the 1950s and 1960s by magazines like Vogue.

His first novel, Em and the Big Hoom, was published in 2012, and won The Hindu Literary Prize that year. It was also shortlisted for the Commonwealth Book Prize.

He has translated several books from Marathi to English including Cobalt Blue, Baluta, When I Hid My Caste and I, the Salt Doll.^[6]^[7]

Books

Surviving Women. Penguin Books, 2000. ISBN 0-14-028715-9.
Bombay, meri jaan: writings on Mumbai, with Naresh Fernandes. Penguin Books, 2003.
Asylum and Other Poems. (Poetry in English). Allied Publishers India., 2003. ISBN 81-7764-527-7
Confronting Love, (edited with Arundhathi Subramaniam ) . (Poetry in English). Penguin Books India., 2005. ISBN 0-14-303264-X
Helen: The Life and Times of an H-Bomb. New Delhi: Penguin Books India, 2006. ISBN 0-14-303124-4.^[8]
Reflected in Water: Writings on Goa. Penguin Group, 2006. ISBN 0-14-310081-5.
Bollywood Posters, with Sheena Sippy. Thames & Hudson, 2008. ISBN 9780500287767
Leela: A Patchwork Life with Leela Naidu. Penguin Group, 2009. ISBN 9780670999118
Em and the Big Hoom. Aleph Book Company, 2012. ISBN 8192328023
Phiss Phuss Boom, with Anushka Ravishankar and Sayoni Basu. Illustrated by Vinayak Varma. Duckbill, 2013. ISBN 978-93-83331-08-6
When Crows Are White, 2013. ISBN 9788184778571
Monster Garden. Illustrated by Priya Kuriyan. Duckbill, 2016. ISBN 978-93-83331-26-0
Murder in Mahim, 2017. ISBN 9789385755293
The Education of Yuri. Speaking Tiger Books, 2022. ISBN 9789354472688
Citizen Gallery: The Gandhys of Chemould and the birth of modern art in Bombay, 2022

Awards and honours

2007 National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema for Helen: The Life and Times of an H-Bomb
2012 The Hindu Literary Prize winner for Em and the Big Hoom^[9]
2013 Crossword Book Award (fiction) for Em and the Big Hoom^[10]
2016 Windham–Campbell Literature Prizes (Fiction) for Em and The Big Hoom ^[11]
2016 Sahitya Akademi Award for Em and The Big Hoom

References

^ [1] Archived 2 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine Em and The Big Hoom|Aleph Book Company website
^ "Windham-Campbell prize: Winners". Archived from the original on 5 November 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
^ Rediff Interview / Jerry Pinto 29 March 2006.
^ "'Helen: The Life and the Times of an H-Bomb'". Archived from the original on 23 December 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
^ "Who's behind Man's World?". Man’s World. Archived from the original on 5 April 2010.
^ Rosario, Kennith (2 September 2016). "Translation is the noblest failure: Jerry Pinto". The Hindu.
^ Maitreya, Yogesh (1 September 2018). "'When I Hid My Caste': Baburao Bagul's short stories were steeped in his ideologically vibrant youth".
^ "Dancing queen of Bombay cinema : The Tribune India".
^ Staff writer (17 February 2013). "The Hindu Literary Prize goes to Jerry Pinto". The Hindu. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
^ "'Popular choice' ruled at book awards". The Times of India. 7 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
^ "Nine writers win Yale's $150,000 Windham-Campbell Prizes". Yale News. 1 March 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.

External links

Jerry Pinto's Website
About Jerry Pinto and his poems Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
Jerry Pinto's book of poems, Asylum, reviewed by Ranjit Hoskote
Hindustan Times columns by Jerry Pinto.
Live Mint: columns by Jerry Pinto^{[permanent dead link‍]}
The Hindu: One per cent writing and 99 per cent rewriting
Windham–Campbell Prizes Website

[1] [1] Archived 2 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine Em and The Big Hoom|Aleph Book Company website

[2] "Windham-Campbell prize: Winners". Archived from the original on 5 November 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016.

[3] Rediff Interview / Jerry Pinto 29 March 2006.

[des-4] "'Helen: The Life and the Times of an H-Bomb'". Archived from the original on 23 December 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2010.

[5] "Who's behind Man's World?". Man’s World. Archived from the original on 5 April 2010.

[6] Rosario, Kennith (2 September 2016). "Translation is the noblest failure: Jerry Pinto". The Hindu.

[7] Maitreya, Yogesh (1 September 2018). "'When I Hid My Caste': Baburao Bagul's short stories were steeped in his ideologically vibrant youth".

[8] "Dancing queen of Bombay cinema : The Tribune India".

[9] Staff writer (17 February 2013). "The Hindu Literary Prize goes to Jerry Pinto". The Hindu. Retrieved 18 February 2013.

[10] "'Popular choice' ruled at book awards". The Times of India. 7 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.

[11] "Nine writers win Yale's $150,000 Windham-Campbell Prizes". Yale News. 1 March 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.

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+{{Short description|Indian-English writer}}
-'''Jerry Pinto'''  (born 1966) is a [[Mumbai]]-based [[India]]n writer of [[poetry]], [[prose]] and children's [[fiction]], as well as a [[journalist]]. Pinto writes in English, and his works include, ''[[Helen: The Life and Times of an H-Bomb]]'' (2006) which won the [[National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema|Best Book on Cinema Award]] at the 54th [[National Film Awards]], ''Surviving Women'' (2000) and ''Asylum and Other Poems'' (2003). His first novel ''[[Em and the Big Hoom]]'' was published in 2012.<ref>[http://alephbookcompany.com/em-and-the-big-hoom.html] Em and The Big Hoom|Aleph Book Company website</ref> Pinto won the [[Windham–Campbell Literature Prizes|Windham-Campbell prize]] in 2016 for his fiction.<ref>[http://windhamcampbell.org/winners Windham-Campbell prize: Winners]</ref>
+'''Jerry Pinto'''  (born 1966) is a [[Mumbai]]-based [[India]]n-English poet, novelist, short story writer, translator, as well as journalist. Pinto's works include ''[[Helen: The Life and Times of an H-Bomb]]'' (2006), which won the [[National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema|Best Book on Cinema Award]] at the 54th [[National Film Awards]], ''Surviving Women'' (2000) and ''Asylum and Other Poems'' (2003). His first novel ''[[Em and the Big Hoom]]'' was published in 2012.<ref>[http://alephbookcompany.com/em-and-the-big-hoom.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702050902/http://alephbookcompany.com/em-and-the-big-hoom.html|date=2 July 2012}} Em and The Big Hoom|Aleph Book Company website</ref> Pinto won the [[Windham–Campbell Literature Prizes|Windham-Campbell prize]] in 2016 for his fiction.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://windhamcampbell.org/winners |title=Windham-Campbell prize: Winners |access-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105181704/http://windhamcampbell.org/winners |archive-date=5 November 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
-He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2016 for his novel ''Em and the Big Hoom''.
+He was awarded the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 2016 for his novel ''Em and the Big Hoom''.
 ==Background==
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 == Career ==
-His 2006 book about actress [[Helen Jairag Richardson]] titled ''The Life and Times of an H-Bomb'',<ref name=des>[http://www.despardes.com/in/ent/2006/28-helen-item-girl.html ‘Helen: The Life and the Times of an H-Bomb’]</ref> went on to win the [[National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema]] in 2007.
+His 2006 book about actress [[Helen Jairag Richardson]] titled ''The Life and Times of an H-Bomb'',<ref name=des>{{Cite web |url=http://www.despardes.com/in/ent/2006/28-helen-item-girl.html |title='Helen: The Life and the Times of an H-Bomb' |access-date=27 January 2010 |archive-date=23 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223225442/http://www.despardes.com/in/ent/2006/28-helen-item-girl.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> went on to win the [[National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema]] in 2007.
-His collection of poems, ''Asylum and Other Poems'' appeared in 2003. He has also co-edited ''Confronting Love'' (2005), a book of contemporary Indian love poetry in English. He returned to magazine journalism as a Consulting Editor at ''Man's World'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web|title=Who's behind Man's World? |url=http://mansworldindia.com/newsite/aboutus.asp |date= |publisher=Man’s World |page= |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100405071720/http://mansworldindia.com/newsite/aboutus.asp |archivedate= 5 April 2010 |df= }}</ref> Later, he joined Paprika Media (the publishing house that brings out [[Time Out (company)|Time Out]] Mumbai and Time Out Delhi) to edit their special projects. He is now a freelance [[journalist]], writing articles for the ''[[Hindustan Times]]'' and ''[[Live Mint]]'' newspapers, as well as '' The Man '' and ''MW''
+His collection of poems, ''Asylum and Other Poems'' appeared in 2003. He has also co-edited ''Confronting Love'' (2005), a book of contemporary Indian love poetry in English. He returned to magazine journalism as a Consulting Editor at ''Man's World'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web|title=Who's behind Man's World? |url=http://mansworldindia.com/newsite/aboutus.asp |publisher=Man’s World |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100405071720/http://mansworldindia.com/newsite/aboutus.asp |archive-date= 5 April 2010 }}</ref> Later, he joined Paprika Media (the publishing house that brings out [[Time Out (company)|Time Out]] Mumbai and Time Out Delhi) to edit their special projects. He is now a freelance [[journalist]], writing articles for the ''[[Hindustan Times]]'' and ''[[Live Mint]]'' newspapers, as well as '' The Man '' and ''MW''
-In 2009, he coauthored ''Leela: A Portrait'' with [[Leela Naidu]], a semi-biographical book of anecdotes and photos from Leela Naidu's life. Leela Naidu was continuously listed as one of top ten or top five most beautiful women in the world in the 50's and 60's by magazines like ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]''.
+In 2009, he coauthored ''Leela: A Portrait'' with [[Leela Naidu]], a semi-biographical book of anecdotes and photos from Leela Naidu's life. Leela Naidu was continuously listed as one of top ten or top five most beautiful women in the world in the 1950s and 1960s by magazines like ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]''.
 His first novel, ''Em and the Big Hoom'', was published in 2012, and won [[The Hindu Literary Prize]] that year. It was also shortlisted for the [[Commonwealth Book Prize]].
+He has translated several books from Marathi to English including ''[[Cobalt Blue (novel)|Cobalt Blue]]'', ''[[Baluta (autobiography)|Baluta]]'', ''When I Hid My Caste'' and ''I, the Salt Doll''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/entertainment/Translation-is-the-noblest-failure-Jerry-Pinto/article14619998.ece |title=Translation is the noblest failure: Jerry Pinto |last=Rosario |first=Kennith |website=[[The Hindu]] |date=September 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://scroll.in/article/892521/when-i-hid-my-caste-baburao-baguls-short-stories-were-steeped-in-his-ideologically-vibrant-youth |title='When I Hid My Caste': Baburao Bagul's short stories were steeped in his ideologically vibrant youth |last=Maitreya |first=Yogesh |date=September 1, 2018}}</ref>
 == Books ==
 * ''Surviving Women''. Penguin Books, 2000. {{ISBN|0-14-028715-9}}.
 * ''Bombay, meri jaan: writings on Mumbai'', with Naresh Fernandes. Penguin Books, 2003.
-* ''Asylum and Other Poems''. (Poetry in English). [[Allied Publishers]] India., 2003. {{ISBN|81-7764-527-7}}
+* ''Asylum and Other Poems''. (Poetry in English). Allied Publishers India., 2003. {{ISBN|81-7764-527-7}}
 * ''Confronting Love, (edited with [[Arundhathi Subramaniam]] ) ''. (Poetry in English). [[Penguin Books]] India., 2005. {{ISBN|0-14-303264-X}}
-* ''[[Helen: The Life and Times of an H-Bomb]]''. New Delhi: Penguin Books India, 2006. {{ISBN|0-14-303124-4}}.
+* ''[[Helen: The Life and Times of an H-Bomb]]''. New Delhi: Penguin Books India, 2006. {{ISBN|0-14-303124-4}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/reviews/story/dancing-queen-of-bombay-cinema-489396|title=Dancing queen of Bombay cinema : The Tribune India}}</ref>
 * ''Reflected in Water: Writings on Goa''. Penguin Group, 2006. {{ISBN|0-14-310081-5}}.
 * ''Bollywood Posters'', with Sheena Sippy. Thames & Hudson, 2008. {{ISBN|9780500287767}}
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 * ''[[Em and the Big Hoom]]''. Aleph Book Company, 2012. {{ISBN|8192328023}}
 * ''Phiss Phuss Boom'', with [[Anushka Ravishankar]] and Sayoni Basu. Illustrated by Vinayak Varma. Duckbill, 2013. {{ISBN|978-93-83331-08-6}}
-* ''Monster Garden''. Illustrated by Priya Kuriyan. Duckbill, 2016. {{ISBN|978-93-83331-26-0}}
+* ''When Crows Are White'', 2013. {{ISBN|9788184778571}}
+* ''Monster Garden''. Illustrated by [[Priya Kuriyan]]. Duckbill, 2016. {{ISBN|978-93-83331-26-0}}
+* ''Murder in Mahim'', 2017. {{ISBN|9789385755293}}
-* When Crows Are White, 2013.
+* ''[[The Education of Yuri]].'' Speaking Tiger Books, 2022. {{ISBN|9789354472688}}
+* ''[https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/book-reviews/citizen-gallery-by-jerry-pinto-how-an-art-gallery-shaped-indias-modern-art-scene-455204 Citizen Gallery: The Gandhys of Chemould and the birth of modern art in Bombay],'' 2022
 == Awards and honours ==
 * 2007 [[National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema]] for ''[[Helen: The Life and Times of an H-Bomb]]''
-* 2012 [[The Hindu Literary Prize]] winner for ''Em and the Big Hoom''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/the-hindu-literary-prize-goes-to-jerry-pinto/article4425328.ece |title=The Hindu Literary Prize goes to Jerry Pinto |work=[[The Hindu]] |author=[[Staff writer]] |date= 17 February 2013 |accessdate=18 February 2013}}</ref>
+* 2012 [[The Hindu Literary Prize]] winner for ''Em and the Big Hoom''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/the-hindu-literary-prize-goes-to-jerry-pinto/article4425328.ece |title=The Hindu Literary Prize goes to Jerry Pinto |work=[[The Hindu]] |author=[[Staff writer]] |date= 17 February 2013 |access-date=18 February 2013}}</ref>
-* 2013 [[Crossword Book Award]] (fiction) for ''Em and the Big Hoom''<ref>{{cite web |title='Popular choice' ruled at book awards |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Popular-choice-ruled-at-book-awards/articleshow/26984253.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |author= |date=7 December 2013 |accessdate=7 December 2013}}</ref>
+* 2013 [[Crossword Book Award]] (fiction) for ''Em and the Big Hoom''<ref>{{cite web |title='Popular choice' ruled at book awards |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Popular-choice-ruled-at-book-awards/articleshow/26984253.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=7 December 2013 |access-date=7 December 2013}}</ref>
-* 2016 [[Windham–Campbell Literature Prizes]] (Fiction) for ''Em and The Big Hoom'' <ref>{{cite web |title=Nine writers win Yale’s $150,000 Windham-Campbell Prizes|url=http://news.yale.edu/2016/03/01/nine-writers-win-yale-s-150000-windham-campbell-prizes#.VtWIPjy6wD9.twitter |work=[[Yale News]] |author= |date=1 March 2016 |accessdate=1 March 2016}}</ref>
+* 2016 [[Windham–Campbell Literature Prizes]] (Fiction) for ''Em and The Big Hoom'' <ref>{{cite web |title=Nine writers win Yale's $150,000 Windham-Campbell Prizes|url=http://news.yale.edu/2016/03/01/nine-writers-win-yale-s-150000-windham-campbell-prizes#.VtWIPjy6wD9.twitter |work=[[Yale News]] |date=1 March 2016 |access-date=1 March 2016}}</ref>
 * 2016 [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for ''Em and The Big Hoom''
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 == External links ==
-{{commons category|Jerry Pinto}}
+{{Commons category|Jerry Pinto}}
-*[http://www.jerrypinto.com/About Jerry Pinto's Website]
+*[http://www.jerrypinto.com Jerry Pinto's Website]
-*[http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=14745 About Jerry Pinto and his poems]
+*[http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=14745 About Jerry Pinto and his poems] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721051945/http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=14745 |date=21 July 2011 }}
-*[http://www.hindu.com/lr/2004/10/03/stories/2004100300290500.htm Jerry Pinto's book of poems, Asylum, reviewed by [[Ranjit Hoskote]] ]
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20041013185832/http://www.hindu.com/lr/2004/10/03/stories/2004100300290500.htm Jerry Pinto's book of poems, Asylum], reviewed by [[Ranjit Hoskote]]
-*[http://www.hindustantimes.com/Search/Search.aspx?q=Jerry%20Pinto&nodate=1 Hindustan Times columns by Jerry Pinto.]
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110606135551/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Search/Search.aspx?q=Jerry%20Pinto&nodate=1 Hindustan Times columns by Jerry Pinto.]
-*[http://www.livemint.com/Articles/ByLineArticles.aspx?ByLine=Jerry%20Pinto&type=wa Live Mint: columns by Jerry Pinto]
+*[http://www.livemint.com/Articles/ByLineArticles.aspx?ByLine=Jerry%20Pinto&type=wa Live Mint: columns by Jerry Pinto]{{Dead link|date=October 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
 *[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-literaryreview/one-per-cent-writing-and-99-per-cent-rewriting/article4278321.ece The Hindu: One per cent writing and 99 per cent rewriting]
-*[http://windhamcampbell.org/2016/winner/jerry-pinto Windham–Campbell Prizes Website]
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185948/http://windhamcampbell.org/2016/winner/jerry-pinto Windham–Campbell Prizes Website]
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+[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]
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1960–1970	The Guide by R. K. Narayan (1960) The Serpent and the Rope by Raja Rao (1964) The Tribal World of Verrier Elwin by Verrier Elwin (1965) Shadow From Ladakh by Bhabani Bhattacharya (1967) An Artist in Life by Niharranjan Ray (1969)
1971–1980	Morning Face by Mulk Raj Anand (1971) Scholar Extraordinary by Nirad C. Chaudhuri (1975) Jawaharlal Nehru by Sarvepalli Gopal (1976) Azadi by Chaman Nahal (1977) Fire on the Mountain by Anita Desai (1978) Inside the Haveli by Rama Mehta (1979) On the Mother by K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar (1980)
1981–1990	Relationship by Jayanta Mahapatra (1981) The Last Labyrinth by Arun Joshi (1982) Latter-Day Psalms by Nissim Ezekiel (1983) The Keeper of the Dead by Keki N. Daruwalla (1984) Collected Poems by Kamala Das (1985) Rich Like Us by Nayantara Sahgal (1986) Trapfalls In the Sky by Shiv K. Kumar (1987) The Golden Gate by Vikram Seth (1988) The Shadow Lines by Amitav Ghosh (1989) That Long Silence by Shashi Deshpande (1990)
1991–2000	The Trotter-Nama by Allan Sealy (1991) Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra by Ruskin Bond (1992) After Amnesia by G. N. Devy (1993) Serendip by Dom Moraes (1994) Memories of Rain by Sunetra Gupta (1996) Final Solutions and Other Plays by Mahesh Dattani (1998) The Collected Poems by A. K. Ramanujan (1999) Cuckold by Kiran Nagarkar (2000)
2001–2010	Rajaji: A Life by Rajmohan Gandhi (2001) A New World by Amit Chaudhuri (2002) The Perishable Empire by Meenakshi Mukherjee (2003) The Mammaries of the Welfare State by Upamanyu Chatterjee (2004) The Algebra of Infinite Justice by Arundhati Roy (2005) The Sari Shop by Rupa Bajwa (2006) Disorderly Women by Malathi Rao (2007) Mahabharata: An Inquiry into the Human Condition by Chaturvedi Badrinath (2009) The Book of Rachel by Esther David (2010)
2011–2020	India after Gandhi by Ramachandra Guha (2011) These Errors are Correct by Jeet Thayil (2012) Laburnum For My Head by Temsula Ao (2013) Trying to Say Goodbye by Adil Jussawalla (2014) Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer by Cyrus Mistry (2015) Em and the Big Hoom by Jerry Pinto (2016) The Black Hill by Mamang Dai (2017) The Blind Lady's Descendants by Anees Salim (2018) An Era of Darkness by Shashi Tharoor (2019) When God is a Traveller by Arundhathi Subramaniam (2020)
2021–present	Things to Leave Behind by Namita Gokhale (2021) All The Lives We Never Lived by Anuradha Roy (2022)