The Vodadone Crossword Book Awards are back

Aug. 30, 2011 - PRLog -- The Vodafone Crossword Book Awards (VCBA) 2010 :

Which is that one platform that brings together august names in the field of Literary excellence such as Sudhir Kakar, Omair Ahmad, Amish Tripathi, Rashmi Bansal, Captain Gopinath, Anushka Ravishankar, Ishrat Syed?

Vodafone and Crossword comes together once again in a beautiful amalgamation, India's answer to The Pulitzer, The Booker or The Commonwealth - The Vodafone Crossword Book Awards (VCBA) 2010. In its tenth year now, VCBA 2010 is the only Indian award that not only recognises and rewards good writing but also actively promotes the authors and their books. Prepare to know which Indian author has captured the minds of readers both young and old as the Awards unfold.

The Categories to be awarded are Indian Language translation, Indian Non fiction, Indian Fiction, Children's writing and Popular Category. R Sriram, Founder Crossword and Inceptor to the Vodafone Crossword Awards continues to be the guiding light as Mrinal Pande will Chair the Award Ceremony. Theatre doyenne Lilette Dubey will host the function.

Date: 2nd September 2011

Time: 7pm onwards

Venue: TATA Theatre, NCPA, Nariman Point