Tata Literature Live! Book of The Year Award

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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.

2021 Recipient

The long list for the Tata Literature Live! Book of the Year Award for non fiction – 2021 will be announced soon.

2020 Shortlist

In alphabetical order

A Dominant Character: The Radical Science and Restless Politics of J.B.S. Haldane

Samanth Subramanian
Simon & Schuster

The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire

William Dalrymple
Bloomsbury

The Deoliwallahs: The True Story of the 1962 Chinese-Indian Internment

Joy Ma & Dilip D'Souza
Pan Macmillan

Sebastian & Sons: A Brief History of Mrdangam Makers

T.M Krishna
Westland

2020 Longlist

A Chequered Brilliance: The Many Lives of V.K. Krishna Menon

Jairam Ramesh
Penguin Random House

A Dominant Character: The Radical Science and Restless Politics of J.B.S. Haldane

Samanth Subramanian
Simon & Schuster

Akbar: The Great Mughal

Ira Mukhoty
Aleph

The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire

William Dalrymple
Bloomsbury

The Deoliwallahs: The True Story of the 1962 Chinese-Indian Internment

Joy Ma & Dilip D'Souza
Pan Macmillan

Sebastian & Sons: A Brief History of Mrdangam Makers

T.M. Krishna
Westland

2020 Jury

Jonathan Gil Harris

Author, Professor and Head of the Dept of English, Ashoka University.
Manu Pillai

Historian, award-winning author of four books and recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar Award.
Meena Menon

Independent journalist, author of three books; former bureau chief The Hindu, Mumbai.
Naresh Fernandes

Founder & Editor, Scroll; author, Poeisis Fellow at the Institute of Public Knowledge at New York University.
Anil Dharker

Author of six books; columnist; Founder-Director, Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest