{"id":5034,"date":"2026-08-03T15:52:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T15:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/?p=5034"},"modified":"2026-08-03T15:52:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T15:52:43","slug":"author-ashwin-sanghi-wins-bhutans-inaugural-jsw-prize-in-literature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/?p=5034","title":{"rendered":"Author Ashwin Sanghi wins Bhutan\u2019s inaugural JSW Prize in Literature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sc0.blr1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/article\/214879-lyotygexyp-1785748016.jpeg\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Author Ashwin Sanghi has won the inaugural JSW Prize in Literature at Bhutan Echoes: Drukyul\u2019s Literature and Arts Festival, held at the Royal University of Bhutan in Thimphu.<\/p>\n<p>The Prize was instituted in 2025 to mark the 70th birth anniversary of Bhutan\u2019s Fourth Druk Gyalpo, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, to celebrate exceptional contributions to literature and the arts. The selection committee recognised Sanghi\u2019s works which \u201cweaves together history, mythology, philosophy and civilisational memory into compelling narratives, and his ability to make complex ideas accessible to a broad readership across generations and borders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sanghi donated the cash prize of Rs 5 lakh to a Bhutanese organisation that does social and community development work across the kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scroll.in\/article\/1094748\/author-ashwin-sanghi-wins-bhutans-inaugural-jsw-prize-in-literature?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=public\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href='https:\/\/scroll.in\/article\/1094748\/author-ashwin-sanghi-wins-bhutans-inaugural-jsw-prize-in-literature?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=public' target='_blank'>Read the original article on scroll.in<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author Ashwin Sanghi has won the inaugural JSW Prize in Literature at Bhutan Echoes: Drukyul\u2019s Literature and Arts Festival, held at the Royal University of Bhutan in Thimphu. The Prize was instituted in 2025 to mark the 70th birth anniversary of Bhutan\u2019s Fourth Druk Gyalpo, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, to celebrate exceptional contributions to literature and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indian-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}