- Indian-American Author Sujatha Gidla (55-years-old) wins Shakti Bhatt Prize 2018 for her novel "Ants Among Elephants: An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India".
- Sujatha Gidla receives a cash prize of Rs Two lakhs.
- She was born in Andhra Pradesh (1963), India and moved to the USA in 1990 at the age of 26 years old.
- The Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize is funded by the Shakti Bhatt Foundation, established in 2008 in memory of young writer and editor Shakti Bhatti.
Published On : 22 Oct 2018
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