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Journalist and author Raghu Karnad wins $165,000 Windham-Campbell Prize

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Karnad won the prize in the non-fiction category for his book, ‘Farthest Field’, about India’s role in World War II.

Journalist and author Raghu Karnad wins $165,000 Windham-Campbell Prize

Delhi-based journalist and author Raghu Karnad was announced as one of eight recipients of Yale University’s Windham-Campbell Prize this year, in London. One of the world’s most lucrative literary awards, the prize is open to English language writers from across the world, with each winner receiving $165,000 to support their writing.

Karnad was named as a winner in the non-fiction category of the prize for his debut book, Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War, published in 2015. Panning across Singapore, Eritrea, Libya, El Alamein, Basra, Arakan and Imphal, Farthest Field tells the story of three men from the same family serving in the Indian Army during World War II. Calling it an “epic of un-forgetting”, the prize lauded Karnad’s writing for combining forensic archival research with “imaginative fire and unsettling national and colonial histories”.

Karnad said, “I am still a bit stunned. But it is a thrill that this obscure and untold chapter of history, which deserves so much more attention, caught the attention of this awesome institution and jury.”

Established in 2013 after writer Donald Windham left his estate to Yale University, the Windham-Campbell Prize does not have a submission process and is judged anonymously, with winners only finding out through a phone call from director of the prize. The literary award aims to “call attention to literary achievements” and allow writers to “focus on their work independent of financial concerns”.

American writer Rebecca Solnit was named as the other winner in this year’s non-fiction category. The winners for fiction are Irish short story write Danielle McLaughlin and Canadian novelist David Chariandy. Ghanian poet Kwame Dawes and Ishion Hutchinson from Jamaica won for poetry and Australian playwright Patricia Cornelius and Korean-American director and playwright Young Jean Lee won in the Drama category.

Past winners of the prize include Jerry Pinto, Maya Jasanoff, Teju Cole and Geoff Dyer.

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I genuinely love PM Modi, says Rahul Gandhi

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Referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress president Rahul Gandhi says some people don’t show affection because they are not loved.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said he has genuine love for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Some people don’t show affection because they are not loved. He (Modi) didn’t get the love he should have had. I genuinely love the PM, said Rahul Gandhi as he addressed a gathering of students in Chennai.

When asked why he hugged PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi said he did it because love is the foundation of every religion.

The PM was talking about me, Congress and how we are filthy and how my father was not a good man. He is so angry that he is not able to see the beauty of the world. So I thought at least from my side I should show him some affection, Rahul Gandhi told college students.

He added that he felt no anger, animosity or hatred for PM Modi.

Rahul Gandhi said the 2014 elections taught him a lot. In 2014, I was a young politician. The best thing that happened then was that we lost the elections. It taught us a lot. I can’t hate Mr Modi. You can’t hate people who teach you things, the Congress president said.

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