Sushila Devi Award 2021 Won By Anukrti Upadhyays Kintsugi

Highlights:

• Anukrti Upadhyay's novel, Kintsugi, was published by the Fourth Estate imprint and won the Sushila Devi Award 2021 for Best Book of Fiction.
• The Ratanlal Foundation and the Bhopal Literature and Art Festival's organizing committee have announced the winner of this prestigious award for fiction written by a woman author and published in 2020.
• The Shri Ratanlal Foundation has established this award. Anukrti Upadhyay holds master's degrees in management and literature, as well as a law degree.
• She is a bilingual writer who writes in both English and Hindi.
•  In 2019, she wowed readers and critics alike with the twin novellas Daura and Bhaunri, as well as the short story collection Japani Sarai, which she released in Hindi.

• Kintsugi is a novel about young women breaking boundaries, overcoming trauma, and challenging the social order.
• It is named after the ancient Japanese art of mending broken objects with gold. And what about men who are taken aback by unconventional, fearless, and self-sufficient women?
• It's the story of Meena, a rebellious and unquestioned character, and Yuri, a complex character as naive as Meena.
• Of Hajime, a cultural outsider, and Prakash, who is unable to see beyond his narrow horizons.