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JCB Prize for Literature discontinued amid backlash over bulldozer demolitions in India, Palestine
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JCB Prize for Literature discontinued amid backlash over bulldozer demolitions in India, Palestine
The annual JCB Prize for Literature, the country’s most expensive literary award with a prize of ₹25 lakh, has been shut down following the cancellation of the JCB Literature Foundation’s licence issued under Section 8(5) of the Companies Act, 2013. The discontinuation of the award was confirmed by Mita Kapur, Literary Director of the JCB Prize, on June 21, even as she declined to elaborate on the events that led to the decision. “The prize has …
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