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India: And the Bookers prize goes to..

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 @ 09:47 UTC

by Rezwan

Countries:: India
Topics:: Breaking News, Arts & Culture, Literature
Languages:: English

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ভারত: এ বছরের বুকার্স প্রাইজ পাচ্ছেন.....

Über Desi reports that the Chennai born Arvind Adiga has won the 2008 Man Booker prize for his debut novel ‘The White Tiger', which the Guardian describes as “a bracingly modern novel about the dark side of the new India”.

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