The highly anticipated shortlists for the esteemed Tata Literature Live! Literary Awards have been officially revealed today. These prestigious accolades are bestowed annually at the Tata Literature Live! Mumbai LitFest, honors outstanding books published during the year. The awards hold a paramount mission, aiming to acknowledge and foster literary talent spanning various genres, celebrating both seasoned and emerging writers. The grand finale of the Festival is scheduled for Sunday, October 29th, commencing at 8 p.m., and will be hosted at the iconic Tata Theatre, NCPA, in Mumbai.
The shortlisted works in each category, listed alphabetically, and the distinguished panels of judges responsible for determining the awardees are as follows:
Tata Literature Live! Book of the Year - Fiction Shortlist (in alphabetical order)
- "Everything The Light Touches" by Janice Pariat (HarperCollins Publishers)
- "The Education Of Yuri" by Jerry Pinto (Speaking Tiger Books)
- "The Secret Of More" by Tejaswini Apte-Rahm (Aleph Book Company)
Tata Literature Live! Book of the Year - Non-Fiction Shortlist (in alphabetical order)
- "Raw Umber" by Sara Rai (Westland Books)
- "The Song Of The Cell: An exploration of medicine and the new human" by Siddhartha Mukherjee (Penguin Random House India)
- "Writer, Rebel, Soldier, Lover: The Many Lives of Agyeya" by Akshaya Mukul (Penguin Random House India)
Tata Literature Live! First Book Award - Fiction Shortlist (in alphabetical order)
- "Shurjo's Clan" by Iffat Nawaz (Penguin Random House India)
- "The Bandit Queens" by Parini Shroff (HarperCollins Publishers)
- "The Woman Who Climbed Trees" by Smriti Ravindra (HarperCollins Publishers)
Tata Literature Live! First Book Award - Non-Fiction Shortlist (in alphabetical order)
- "Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire" by Nandini Das (Bloomsbury India)
- "Marginlands: Indian landscapes on the brink" by Arati Kumar-Rao (Pan Macmillan India/Picador)
- "Vajpayee: The ascent of the Hindu Right, 1924-1977" by Abhishek Choudhary (Pan Macmillan India/Picador)
Tata Literature Live! Business Book of the Year Shortlist (in alphabetical order)
- "Against All Odds: The IT Story of India" by S. Gopalakrishnan, N. Dayasindhu, Krishnan Narayan (Penguin Random House India)
- "The Tech Phoenix: Satyam's 100-day turnaround" by T.N. Manoharan, V. Pattabhi Ram (Rupa Publications)
- "Working To Restore: Why we do business in the regenerative era" by Esha Chhabra (Penguin Random House India)
The esteemed juries responsible for the selection process include:
Fiction:
- Anuja Chauhan, Author
- Anirudh Kanisetti, Author
- Deepa Gahlot, Columnist, critic, and author
- Shireen Quadri, Publisher and columnist
- Shireen Mistry, Associate Festival Director, Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest
Non-Fiction:
- Arun Katiyar, Communications consultant and author
- Deepika Sorabjee, Head, Arts & Culture, Tata Trusts
- Sanjukta Sharma, Author and columnist
- Taran N. Khan, Journalist and author
- Tina Nagpaul, Filmmaker and Associate Festival Director, Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest
Business:
- Khozem Merchant, Columnist and business leader
- Poornima Dore, Economist and business leader
- Ruchira Chaudhary, Author, consultant, and executive coach
- Shilpa Kumar, Business leader and impact investor
- Tamal Bandyopadhyay, Columnist and author
The Festival is scheduled to run online from October 25th to 26th, followed by on-ground events from October 27th to 29th, taking place at the NCPA at Nariman Point, St. Paul's Institute of Communication Education in Bandra, and Title Waves bookstore in Bandra.
