Who do you think will take home the DSC Prize this year?

This year sixteen authors are in the race for DSC Prize for the South Asian Literature 2012. Who do you think will take home the prize?

This year sixteen authors are in the race for DSC Prize for the South Asian Literature 2012. Who do you think will take home the prize?

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Here's the long-list: “Aftertaste” by Namita Devidayal, “One Amazing Thing” by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, “Serious Men” by Manu Joseph, “Monkey Man” by Usha K.R., “Chinaman” by Shehan Karunatilaka, “The Thing About Thugs” by Tabish Khair, “The Story that Must Not be Told” by Kavery Nambisan, “The Patience Stone” by Atiq Rahimi (translated from Pushtu), “The Quarantine Papers” by Kalpish Ratna and “Buddha`s Orphan” by Samrat Upadhyay.Sixteen authors, including Atiq Rahimi, Kishwar Desai and Manu Joseph, are in the race for the , which seeks to showcase the diverse ethnicity, culture and human stories from the region.