Deepa Anappara

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Author, Journalist,India

Deepa Anappara worked as a journalist in Mumbai and Delhi for eleven years. Her reports on the impact of poverty and religious violence on the education of children have won several awards.

Her debut novel ‘Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line’ has been shortlisted for the Tata Literature Live! First Book Award, 2020. It was also shortlisted for the JCB Prize for Literature 2020, and longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction. It was a ‘New York Times’ Editors’ Choice, and is being translated into 22 languages.

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The First Time Ever

20th November
8:30 pm - 9:30 pm

The Thrill And Challenges Of Writing A First Book. A panel discussion with Deepa Anappara, Megha Majumdar, Sabin Iqbal and Deepanjana Pal as the chair.

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Deepa Anappara, Sabin Iqbal, Megha Majumdar, Deepanjana Pal

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