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'The best effect of any book is that it excites the reader to self activity' - Thomas Carlyle

HUTCH CROSSWORD BOOK AWARD 2005

Winner in the category of Indian Language Fiction Translation:
Krishna Sobti for 'The Heart has its Reasons'

Published by Katha

Krishna Sobti's acceptance speech at the Award function on 21st March 2006:

HUTCH CROSSWORD BOOK AWARD 2005

Winner in the category of English Non-Fiction:
Suketu Mehta for 'Maximum City: Bombay Lost & Found'

Published by Penguin Books India

Suketu Mehta's acceptance speech at the Award function on 21st March 2006:

Hutch Crossword Book Award

Winners - 2006

English Fiction:
Sacred Games by Vikram Chandra
English Non Fiction:
Two Lives by Vikram Seth
Indian Language Fiction Translation:
In a forest, a deer by C. S Lakshmi [Ambai]
Kesavan's Lamentations by M. Mukundan
Popular Award:
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai

Winners - 2005

English Fiction:
Shalimar The Clown by Salman Rushdie
English Non Fiction:
Maximum City: Bombay Lost & Found by Suketu Mehta
Indian Language Fiction Translation:
The Heart Has Its Reasons by Krishna Sobti
Popular Award:
Pundits From Pakistan by Rahul Bhattacharya

Winners - 2004

English Fiction:
The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh

Indian Language Fiction Translation:
Astride the Wheel (Yantrarudha) by Chandrasekhar Rath

Winners - 2000

English Fiction:
The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes by Jamyang Norbu

Indian Language Fiction Translation:
Karukku by Bama

Winners - 1999

English Fiction:
An Equal Music by Vikram Seth

Indian Language Fiction Translation:
On the Banks of the Mayyazhi by M. Mukundan

Winners - 1998

English Fiction:
The Everest Hotel by I. Allan Sealy

The Past Shortlists