Crossword Book Awards 2008 Winners

English Fiction
Tied between:
Sea of Poppies, by Amitav Ghosh(Penguin Books India )
&
Past Continuous, by Neel Mukherjee (Picador India)

English Non-Fiction
Curfewed Night, by Basharat Peer (Random House India)

Indian Language Fiction in English Translation
T'Ta Professor, by Manohar Shyam Joshi, translated by Ira Pande(Penguin Books India)

Popular Award
Smoke and Mirrors: An Experience of China, by Pallavi Aiyar(HarperCollins India)

(See the shortlisted books here)