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Women Auther Awards 2026 | Honouring Voices That Inspire

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2019

Auther Awards Winners

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TV Telecast

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MRN

23rd February (Sunday) – 6:30 PM

 

ET Now

29th Feb (Saturday) – 4:30 PM (Original)
1st March (Sunday) – 4:30 PM (Repeat)

 

Times Now

7th March (Saturday) – 9:30 AM (breakfast time)

Jury Members

Dr. Gitanjali Chatterjee

Dr. Gitanjali Chatterjee

Best Fiction

Former Deputy Secretary, Sahitya Akademi (1993-2017) in charge of the English publications of the Sahitya Akademi.

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Mr. Arjun Gaind

Mr. Arjun Gaind

Best Debutant Author

Arjun Raj Gaind is one of India's best known comic book writers. He is the creator and author of the critically acclaimed, best- selling graphic novels, Empire of Blood, Reincarnation Man, The Mighty Yeti, Project: Kalki, Blade of the Warrior: Kshatriya, and A Brief History of Death.

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Mr. Ashwin Sanghi (Chair)

Mr. Ashwin Sanghi (Chair)

Best Fiction

Ashwin Sanghi ranks amongst India's highest selling English fiction authors, and is a recognised author of the new era of retelling Indian history or mythology in a contemporary context.

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Mr. Manimugdha Sharma

Mr. Manimugdha Sharma

Best Non Fiction

Manimugdha is a Delhi-based editor with The Times of India. He is an ardent history buff with a fascination for military history. He is the author of Allahu Akbar: Understanding the Great Mughal in today's India that analyses the life and times of Akbar in modern perspective.

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Mr. Ramendra Kumar

Mr. Ramendra Kumar

Best Children's Author

Ramendra Kumar is an award-winning Indian writer for children with 35 books in English. They are also available in 15 Indian languages and 14 foreign languages. He also dabbles in satire, poetry, travelogues, adult fiction and non-fiction.

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Mr. Rishi Pratim Mukherjee

Mr. Rishi Pratim Mukherjee

Best Debutant Author

Rishi Pratim is the co-founder of Scoop Whoop which is an internet media and news company. Scoop Whoop creates and curates India specific stories.

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Mr. Yasser Usman

Mr. Yasser Usman

Best Non Fiction

Yasser Usman is an award-winning TV journalist and the author of three bestselling biographies –‘Rajesh Khanna: The Untold Story of India’s First Superstar’, ‘Rekha: The Untold Story’, and ‘Sanjay Dutt: The Crazy Untold Story of Bollywood’s Bad Boy’

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Ms. Bulbul Sharma (Chair)

Ms. Bulbul Sharma (Chair)

Best Children's Author

Bulbul Sharma is a painter and writer. She is the author of several books, including My Sainted Aunts, The Perfect Woman and Anger of Aubergines, Banana Flower Dreams, Shaya Tales, Devi, Eating Women, Telling Tales and Now That I am Fifty. Her books have been translated into Italian, French, Finnish and Spanish.

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Ms. Jaishree Mishra

Ms. Jaishree Mishra

Best Fiction

Jaishree Misra is an Indian author whose debut novel Ancient Promises was published and sold worldwide by Penguin UK and became a major bestseller in India. Books that followed covered and excelled in several genres - from romance to memoir to thriller to historical fiction.

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Ms. Shivani Wazir Pasrich

Ms. Shivani Wazir Pasrich

Best Children's Author

Shivani Wazir Pasrich is an Economics Honours & Law graduate, a former Miss India, an Actress who has done over five hundred television shows and Odissi dancer who is actively involved with social concerns. She is also a speaker at the National Human Rights Commission.

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Ms. Shobhaa De (Chair)

Ms. Shobhaa De (Chair)

Best Debutant Author

Shobha De is an eminent journalist, columnist, social commentator, opinion- shaper and the best-selling author of more than 20 books. Her column in TOI named 'Politically Incorrect' is one of the most widely read columns in India.

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Ms. Sonali Bendre (Chair)

Ms. Sonali Bendre (Chair)

Best Non Fiction

Sonali is a well-known Indian actress with several Bollywood blockbusters and awarc to her credit. She has authored a book, The Modern Gurukul: My Experiments with Parenting. She is an avid reader and has been running the Sonali Book Club since 2017.

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Screening Committee

Kulpreet Yadav

Author of fiction-thriller genre with nine books to his credit.

Vasudha Chandna Gulati

Write India winner, short-story writer, teacher, editor, and blogger.

Sujata Parashar

Novelist, poet, and short-story writer.

Anjana Neira Dev

Dr. Anjana Neira Dev is Associate Professor at Gargi College, University of Delhi.

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