The Thirteenth Edition of Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest
Wednesday, November 9th to Sunday, November 13th 2022
Let's Turn The Page
Online : 9 - 10 Nov
On ground : 11 - 13 Nov
Tata Literature Live! Book of The Year Award – Non Fiction
The Tata Literature Live! Book of the Year Award for Non Fiction has been constituted to recognise noteworthy work in the Indian literary space in the non fiction genre.
2022 Recipient
The 2022 winner of the Tata Literature Live! Book of the Year Award for Non Fiction is Lords of the Deccan: Southern India from the Chalukyas to the Cholas by Anirudh Kanisetti (Juggernaut Books).
2022 Shortlist
Better to Have Gone: Love, Death and the Quest for Utopia in Auroville
- Akash Kapur
- Simon and Schuster India
Lords of the Deccan: Southern India from the Chalukyas to the Cholas
- Anirudh Kanisetti
- Juggernaut Books
The Silent Coup: A History of India's Deep State
- Josy Joseph
- Westland
2022 Longlist
Ancient India: Culture of Contradictions
- Upinder Singh
- Aleph Book Company
Better to Have Gone: Love, Death and the Quest for Utopia in Auroville
- Akash Kapur
- Simon and Schuster India
Field Notes from a Waterborne Land: Bengal Beyond the Bhadralok
- Parimal Bhattacharya
- HarperCollins Publishers
Lords of the Deccan: Southern India from the Chalukyas to the Cholas
- Anirudh Kanisetti
- Juggernaut Books
The Silent Coup: A History of India's Deep State
- Josy Joseph
- Westland
2022 Jury
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Girish Kuber
Author and editor, Loksatta. -
Palash Mehrotra
Author and columnist -
Moomal Mehta
Entrepreneur and founder Crossover Catalyst -
Inakshi Sobti
CEO of Asia Society India Centre -
Tina Nagpaul
Filmmaker and member of Literature Live! festival committee
Past Recipients
Born A Muslim: Some Truths About Islam in India
2021
- Ghazala Wahab
- Aleph
Sebastian & Sons
2020
- T.M Krishna
- Westland
Early Indians
2019
- Tony Joseph
- Juggernaut
The RSS
2018
- Walter K. Andersen and Shridhar D. Damle
- Viking
Age Of Anger
2017
- Pankaj Mishra
- Juggernaut
The Gene
2016
- Siddhartha Mukherjee
- Penguin Random House India
Gita Press and The Making of Hindu India
2015
- Akshaya Mukul
- HarperCollins
A Southern Music
2014
- T M Krishna
- HarperCollins