: Sahitya Akademi awards 2021: What to expect from the three winning books in the English language #IndiaNEWS The Sahitya Akademi awards for 2021 were announced on December 30, 2021. A Burning by Megha

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The Sahitya Akademi awards for 2021 were announced on December 30, 2021. A Burning by Megha Majumdar (Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar), Things to Leave Behind by Namita Gokhale (Sahitya Akademi Award), and Amrita Sher-Gil: Rebel with a Paintbrush by Anita Vachharajani (Bal Sahitya Puraskar), were the winners in the English language.A Burning, Megha Majumdar, winner of the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar, EnglishOne of 2020’s most admired books, Megha Majumdar’s A Burning is a magnificent debut with endless possibilities. Jivan, a young Muslim girl, is determined to rise through the ranks despite her shackles of class and religion. Things take a sharp turn when Jivan is accused of carrying out a terrorist attack on a train due to a Facebook post. An opportunistic gym teacher latches his aspirations to a right-wing party and finds that his own rise to power is tied to Jivan’s fall. Jivan’s alibi, Lovely, can set her free but at a great personal cost. A Burning shows contemporary India for what it is – an endless tussle between class, fate, corruption, justice, and the quest for personal freedom in a country moving rapidly towards extremism. “You smell like smoke,� my mother said to me.So I rubbed an oval of soap in my hair and poured a whole bucket of water on myself before...Read more

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