Sustained efforts needed to bring Hindi literature centre-stage: Booker Prize winner Geetanjali Shree

The first-ever Indian winner of the International Booker Prize, Geetanjali Shree, has had a roller coaster few days since her Hindi novel Ret Samadhi won the coveted literary honour for its English translation Tomb of Sand this week.

The Delhi-based author, along with American translator Daisy Rockwell, has been inundated with messages from around the world and the duo finds themselves swept away in a kind of whirlwind of excitement.

One aspect that has dominated the headlines is the spotlight on literature in the Hindi language, which the author hopes will trigger some serious efforts at maintaining the momentum.

In its immediate aftermath, this has definitely done something to increase the visibility of Hindi literature. An interest and curiosity have been generated, Shree tells

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