It’s Pyjama party

Twinkle Khanna’s novel, Pyjamas are Forgiving, has won the Crossword Book Award (Popular) for Fiction for 2019.

Speaking at the 17th edition of Crossword Book Awards, an evening of celebrating literature and authors, who made a mark in the year gone by, she said, “Writers need to have an inflated sense of self worth to feel that their work is worthy of someone else’s attention and then look at their work objectively. Listen to yourself, create your suggestions and incorporate them.” Khanna’s novel is narrated by Anshu, a middle-aged woman suffering from a sleep disorder.

The Crossword Book Award (Popular) for Biography was given to Notes of a Dream, an authorised biography of composer A.R. Rahman penned by Krishna Trilok.

The jury award in non-fiction category went to One Foot on the Ground: A Life Told Through the Body by Shanta Gokhale, while the popular non-fiction award went to Life’s Amazing Secrets: How to Find Balance and Purpose by Gaur Gopal Das.

Sudha Murty’s children’s book, The Upside-Down King: Unusual Tales about Rama and Krishna, also won in the children’s category.—IANS