Shashi Tharoor’s birthday post for Booker Prize winner Geetanjali Shree is as sweet as a strawberry. See pic
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Congress MP Shashi Tharoor took to Twitter to share a wonderful picture with Geetanjali Shree on her birthday.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor took to Twitter to share a wonderful picture with Geetanjali Shree on her birthday. Felicitated with the International Booker Prize 2022, Geetanjali Shree’s Tomb Of Sand became the first Hindi novel to win such a prestigious accolade.
Tharoor shared a picture with the celebrated author during an event in London. The presence of two brilliant literary minds in one frame has left netizens delighted.
“Toasting birthday girl novelist Geetanjali Shree with a strawberry in London last night as @JLFLitfest comes to a celebratory end!” read the caption.
Take a look:
Toasting birthday girl novelist Geetanjali Shree with a strawberry in London last night as @JLFLitfest comes to a celebratory end! pic.twitter.com/udZQcZwfhI
The post has garnered over 2,600 likes and tons of reactions. Netizens showered the comments section with congratulatory wishes for Geetanjali Shree.
Delhi-based author Geetanjali Shree and American translator Daisy Rockwell won the International Booker Prize. Shree’s book, originally published as ‘Ret Samadhi’, was described by the judges as “loud and irresistible”. It is the first Hindi-language book that was shortlisted for the £50,000 prize.
