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Tulsidas’ great act of reconciliation: Bringing together of the human and the divine in the figure of Ram
Driven to take the story of Ram to a wider audience, Tulsidas spared no effort in popularising his masterful reworking of Valmiki’s Ramayana, the Ramcharitmanas.
JCB Prize 2018 shortlist announced; top five includes books by Perumal Murugan, Anuradha Roy
The top-5 entries for this year's JCB Prize include Perumal Murugan's Poonachi, Anuradha Roy's All the Lives We Never Lived, Amitabha Bagchi's Half the Night is Gone, Shubhangi Swarup's Latitudes of Longing and Benyamin's Jasmine Days.
JCB Prize for Literature long-list announced; Empire, Jasoda, Half the Night is Gone among selected works
The JCB prize will be announced on 27 October. It was established in 2018 to honour distinguished fiction written or translated into English by Indian authors
Half the Night is Gone: Read an excerpt from Amitabha Bagchi's evocative new novel
Set in early 20th century Old Delhi, 'Half the Night is Gone' tells the story of a celebrated Hindi novelist Vishwanath, heartbroken by the recent loss of his son. The tragedy spurs him to write a tale.