Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 05:08am on 27 Jun 2024,Thursday India Global
Sanjana Thakur, a 26-year-old writer from Mumbai, has won the 2024 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for her story "Aishwarya Rai". She will receive a £5,000 cash prize. The story reimagines the traditional adoption narrative, following a young woman's search for the perfect mother. Thakur's satire explores themes of family, identity, and urban existence. The judges praised her use of irony, sarcasm, and humor, noting that her story is both "brutal" and "effortless". Thakur is currently pursuing an MFA in Fiction at UT Austin's New Writers Project. Her win marks a significant achievement in the literary world.
