India report: Geetanjali Shree is the first Indian to win International Booker Prize

Listen to the latest SBS Hindi report from India. 27/05/2022

Geetanjali Shree author of Tomb of Sand, the winning book at The 2022 International Booker Prize Ceremony taking place at One Marylebone, London. Source: AAP

• Geetanjali Shree’s ‘Ret Samadhi’ wins the International Booker Prize; Shree becomes the first Indian winner of the award
• India’s main opposition Congress party lists the failures of the current ruling government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi 
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi says “Tamil language is eternal and the Tamil culture is global."

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