Shashi Tharoor Raises "Strawberry Toast" With Booker Prize Winner
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Shashi Tharoor and Geetanjali Shree were in London to participate in Jaipur Literature Festival
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday shared a photo with novelist Geetanjali Shree, who won this year's International Booker Prize for Ret Samadhi (A Tomb of Sand). Mr Tharoor and Ms Shree were in London to participate in Jaipur Literature Festival. Toasting birthday girl novelist Geetanjali Shree with a strawberry in London last night as @JLFLitfest comes to a celebratory end! pic.twitter.com/udZQcZwfhI
“Toasting birthday girl novelist Geetanjali Shree with a strawberry in London last night as Jaipur Literature Festival comes to a celebratory end,” tweeted the Thiruvananthapuram MP. The 15th edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival was held at the British Library in London from June 10 to June 12.
A Tomb of Sand, which also became the first Indian language book to win the International Booker Prize, is set in northern India and revolves around an 80-year-old woman. As per the judges, the tale is a “joyous cacophony” and an “irresistible novel”. Ret Samadhi was published in 2018.
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