Rupa Bajwa
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Rupa Bajwa , born 1976 in Amritsar
, is an India
n writer who lives and works in Amritsar
, Punjab
.
In 2004,she published her first novel, The Sari Shop, which explores her hometown and the class dynamics of India. The novel won the writer flattering reviews, with reviewers calling her India’s new literary find. The Sari Shop was long listed for the Orange Prize for Fiction
in 2004. The novel won the XXIV Grinzane Cavour award for best first novel in June 2005, the Commonwealth Award in 2005 and India's prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award for English 2006.
"The Sari Shop" has been translated in several languages, among them: : Le vendeur de saris , : De Sariwinkel and Serbian: Prodavnica sarija.
Though she is from a Sikh
family, Bajwa wrote a controversial piece called 'Dark Things Happen in Gurdwaras Too', in The Telegraph, an Indian newspaper. This piece brought her flak from the Sikh clergy.
Rupa Bajwa also writes book reviews and articles on other interests in The Telegraph, The Tribune and India Today. She is currently working on her second novel.
Amritsar
Amritsar is a city in the northern part of India and is the administrative headquarters of Amritsar district in the state of Punjab, India. The 2001 Indian census reported the population of the city to be over 1,500,000, with that of the entire district numbering 3,695,077...
, is an India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n writer who lives and works in Amritsar
Amritsar
Amritsar is a city in the northern part of India and is the administrative headquarters of Amritsar district in the state of Punjab, India. The 2001 Indian census reported the population of the city to be over 1,500,000, with that of the entire district numbering 3,695,077...
, Punjab
Punjab (India)
Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...
.
In 2004,she published her first novel, The Sari Shop, which explores her hometown and the class dynamics of India. The novel won the writer flattering reviews, with reviewers calling her India’s new literary find. The Sari Shop was long listed for the Orange Prize for Fiction
Orange Prize for Fiction
The Orange Prize for Fiction is one of the United Kingdom's most prestigious literary prizes, annually awarded to a female author of any nationality for the best original full-length novel written in English, and published in the United Kingdom in the preceding year...
in 2004. The novel won the XXIV Grinzane Cavour award for best first novel in June 2005, the Commonwealth Award in 2005 and India's prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award for English 2006.
"The Sari Shop" has been translated in several languages, among them: : Le vendeur de saris , : De Sariwinkel and Serbian: Prodavnica sarija.
Though she is from a Sikh
Sikh
A Sikh is a follower of Sikhism. It primarily originated in the 15th century in the Punjab region of South Asia. The term "Sikh" has its origin in Sanskrit term शिष्य , meaning "disciple, student" or शिक्ष , meaning "instruction"...
family, Bajwa wrote a controversial piece called 'Dark Things Happen in Gurdwaras Too', in The Telegraph, an Indian newspaper. This piece brought her flak from the Sikh clergy.
Rupa Bajwa also writes book reviews and articles on other interests in The Telegraph, The Tribune and India Today. She is currently working on her second novel.