Prof. Partha Chatterjee and Chandra Chari at the fourth Nikhil Chakravartty Memorial Lecture at the India Islamic Cultural Centre in New Delhi.
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The Book Review Literary Trust has announced the winners of its second edition of the Short Story Contest 2025 on March 7. It was made on the occasion of the Fourth Nikhil Chakravartty Memorial Lecture held at the India Islamic Cultural Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, in the presence of renowned intellectual Prof. Partha Chatterjee.
Mumbai-based writer Kartikeya Shekhar won the first prize for the short story titled “Anamika”. Amita Basu, fiction writer and cognitive scientist based out of Bengaluru, won the second prize for the story, “One-See-Are”. Juanita Kakoty, an author and academic from Delhi, secured the third spot for “Fusion of Horizons”. The winners will be awarded cash prizes of ₹10,000, ₹7,500 and ₹5,000 respectively.
Published – March 09, 2026 09:52 pm IST
