Judges Kamila Shamsie, Rohini Mohan and Margaret Mascarenhas will announce the winner in November.
His debut novel The Story of a Brief Marriage, set in the backdrop of the civil war.
From Aurangzeb to Sangh Parivar, the year 2016 offers plenty of hope in historical and modern literature.
Amazon Prime Video has announced 69 assorted Web series and movies, and the slate sure looks interesting.
'We eat first, they later; we sit on chairs and they on the floor; we call them by their names and they address us by titles,' writes Tripti Lahiri, author of Maid in India.
