Indian bags Commonwealth short story prize |
Parashar Kulkarni, assistant professor in Social Sciences at Yale NUS College in Singapore, was presented the Prize by Man Booker Prize Winner and former short story judge Marlon James at the Calabash Literary Festival in Jamaica on June 5. The winning story, `Cow and Company` is a narrative set in India in the 1990s about four men who go in search of a cow to feature in an advertisement for chewing gum. Kulkarni is very happy to receive the Commonwealth Short Story Prize which provides an inclusive, accessible and international platform for participation which is particularly helpful for new writers.Nearly 4,000 entries from 47 different countries were received for this year`s award, for the best piece of unpublished short fiction in English by a writer from a Commonwealth country.Kulkarni, who works at the intersection of religion and political economy said he was encouraged and has been trying to write for many years.
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