InspiredbyTagoreInternationalwritingcompetition

Listofwinnersandpublishedentries,May2012

ACASHPRIZEWASAWARDEDTOTHEOVERALLWINNERINEACHCATEGORY:

Writersaged815,overallwinner

VirafPatrawala(India),TheFortress

Writersaged16andover,overallwinner

CathyBryant(UK),SongNecklace

HONOURABLEMENTIONS

India
ArashitaaSehrawat,TheSeaofMemories
PriyaNarayanan,TheDivineDilemma
AnuradhaRao,Homesick
ShreyaSudesh,StolenbyYourLove
TirthankarGhosh,TheTumultuousJourney
BatulPipewala,HideandSeek

HIGHLYCOMMENDED

Writersaged815

India
AlowkikaaBhala,TheSparkleofFlowers
AnujaChaudhury,ATributeToSheWhoIsEverything
HasitaDurgavajhula,WhentheDarknessNearlyTookOver
ShreeyaAmeetKotnis,Faith
JahnaviVerma,WhyWillIDie?

UK
HugoBennison,OldAgeandDeath
KimLittler,Tomboy
EamonMacdonald,NoIndianKnowsEnglish
DaisyStreatfield,OntheBeach

Writersaged16andover

Bangladesh
ShaziaOmar,GrassrootsEmancipation

India
AdritaDas,CiderfromtheOldCity
SaumyaChoudhury,EarlyMonsoon
SaumyaRajan,ScumBags
NayanatharaS.,TheBalloonwallah
RichaWahi,Crossings

Pakistan
NayyaraRahman,ClamourofDebt

Singapore
YuChingTan,Thunder
HuiwenZhou,TheLastTree

UK
AndrewBrush,TheBeautifulNow
ZainulNasser,TheChampaTree
SueNewton,Freedom

USA
CharlesKasler,CrossRiver,ClimbMountain,ReturntoOcean

FulllistofentriesselectedforpublicationintheInspiredbyTagore
commemorativebook:

Writersaged815

FarokhCooper,MyLove
SanjushDalmia,Mother,ImConfused!
AakanshaDas,ASmileonYourFace
AdityaDas,SettingSail
RohanDave,LetMyBirdFly
HasitaDurgavajhula,WhentheDarknessNearlyTookOver
TirthankarGhosh,TheTumultuousJourney
JayaJain,ThisIsHowItsSupposedtoBe
ShreyashJain,ChildLabour
AdleneJenitta,O!WhereAreMyThoughts
NehaJha,MyHighness,MyLord
DeekshaKhan,PreserveChildhood
ReshamKhatri,Snowman
KrishmaKothari,WritingandWriting
ShreeyaAmeetKotnis,Faith
GouriLekshminarayanan,Vista
TanviMadaan,Sympathy
JayadityaMallik,TimeIsEndlessinYourHandsMyLord
ShivaniMatta,KindFatic
TahaMemon,TheSunset
PracheePanchal,ThroughTheRoadsofLoneliness
AmiParikh,LifeIsLikeaTrain.
RahulPatki,TheChallenge
VirafPatrawala,TheFortress
PreyaRana,TheWickedMan
TorshaSarkar,Mr.TagoreandtheGenXFBFriend
ArashitaaSehrawat,TheSeaofMemories
RajatSethi,TheRushBehindMoney
YashwiShah,AnEnvelope
AgrimSharma,TheLilliputian
AashraySharma,MotionofTime
DivyaSharma,ACall
HimankarSharma,TemporaryIdentity
PankajSharma,TheHumanPower
ShreyaSharma,LifeatKingdomofCards
SoumyaShenoy,ADropoutandaGenius
StutiSood,DovesTraining
RohanSurve,DivineBlessing
UtsavTrivedi,TheForbiddenPalace
NiharikaTrama,IHaveaLittleDream
JahnaviVerma,WhyWillIDie?
AkshitaWaldia,Waiting

SINGAPORE
VanceTan,Falling

SRILANKA
RuwimalPathiraja,TheLifeofaWildTiger

UK
NicoleAllen,MyMum
BeccyAlston,TheMysteriousDeath
HugoBennison,OldAgeandDeath
AliceHaddlesey,AnotherStateofConsciousness
EmilyMedinaKennedy,MyWindow
KimLittler,Tomboy
SiliyaMabo,TheBigSchool
EamonMacDonald,NoIndianKnowsEnglish
SohailMirza,Memorial
JosephNair,TheManandBoy
LauraNuttall,TheBiggestLie
SophiePinder,Vultures
DaisyStreatfield,OntheBeach
EmmaYeo,MyDarling

USA
RickBasak,WarandPeace

Writersaged16andover

AUSTRALIA
EmmaMakepeace,SmallestCorner
VuongPham,RefugeePrayer
LilyWang,ACrackintheShell

BANGLADESH
NayeemIslam,TheIlliterateMother
MunizeManzur,TheLittleBird
ShaziaOmar,GrassrootsEmancipation
SadafSaazSiddiqi,AnArtistandanActivist

CANADA
JenniferFootman,TakingaBathwithMyMother
WaiLiangTham,TheBoundariesinMensHearts

GERMANY
AnneHoefler,InRishikesh

GREECE
EftichiaKapardeli,SecretSupplication

HONGKONGSpecialAdministrativeRegionofthePeoplesRepublicofChina
SoojeongAhn,FromLovingMe

INDIA
VinitaAgrawal,OntheOtherSide
ShamsudAhmed,UnchainedMelody
NirupamaAkella,GivingaChance
AmritaBandopadhyay,ForMrinal
SouptikBanerjee,Nyaydondo(OdeonJustice)
IshaniBanerji,TheBigBareBrownTree
YashaswiniBasu,WhenWordsAreRatherSilenced
SonaaliBhatla,TrueWorship
MedhaBhattacharyya,TaleofaParrot
MadhumitaBiswas,Unveiled
ParomaBose,TheMothersLove
MiniChacko,VibesofNatureTheTaleofaRiver
ShyamalChakrabarti,WomenToughandFragile
NeelamChandra,TheBoat
PushpakChattopadhyay,TheDeceit
ApalaChaturvedi,Moors
SaumyaChoudhury,EarlyMonsoon
SristyChoudhury,LoveHasanIdentity
AkshayChougaonkar,TheValley
AdritaDas,CiderfromtheOldCity
ShinjiniDatta,AngelsintheRain
SunandaDatta,HideandSeek
ShivajiDeshmukh,TearsofthePovertyandSignsoftheProsperity
MeghaSDharan,Iam..........aBookofPoetry
PriyadarshiDutta,ABuddingWritersDilemma
SomritaGanguly,TheBoatWreck
BijayaGhosh,ASpinstersStory
ShambhobiGhosh,Him
HarsimranGill,AFlightlessBird
AnitaGulati,MothersLargesse
AnkitGupta,AChildsFate
AsthaGupta,DiffusingLight
SurajitGupta,GlimmerofHope
PreetyHazarika,TheQuestions
SaliniJohnson,WhereArtThou,MyLord?
ReetuJoshi,GodDoesNotStayInside
VikasJoshi,Defeat
GitanjaliJoshua,ChokherBali
PadmavatiKadam,ToMyBeloved
ShahwarKibria,TheStrangeronMarmaladeStreet
NamitaKrishnamurthy,YourName
SarveshKulkarni,Life
DeepaKylasamIyer,Namesake
AnjanaLahuri,TheSagaofaBody
SahilMBeg,WhenIDecidedtoWriteaPoem
FabiyasMV,TheAnxietiesofaWidow
AnkitMalhotra,CarryingOver
SreyaMallikaDatta,Suppression
SonikaMalloth,ISaw(TheRealityoftheDazzlingCityMumbai)
AbhilashaMathur,Awakening
PallabiNandy,UnityinIsolation
PriyaNarayanan,TheDivineDilemma
AshvinaPaul,BacktoChildhood
AasthaPharasi,LadyoftheHouse
SusanPhilip,SilentSteps
BatulPipewala,HideandSeek
ShahinaRafiq,MyNotebook
RinzuRajan,DeathIsNear
SaumyaRajan,ScumBags
VennilaRamanathan,LedForwardbyThee
AnuradhaRao,Homesick
MadhupriyaRoyChowdhury,BetweenSisters
NayanatharaS,TheBalloonwallah
NaghmaSadique,SackfulofRiches
RashmiKaushikSaha,KnowledgeandWisdom
SouvikKumarSaha,VersesofPluralism
SurabheeSaha,SecretLies
ChandiniSantosh,TheReturnoftheKabuliwallah
DipavaliSen,AMotherEmails
KanikaSharma,Sympathy
ManikSharma,StoppingbyaTrafficLight
PrekshaSharma,LikeaDoll
SheelaShenoy,ArchRivals
SandeepShete,DebosFiction
S.ArunSiddharth,MindKite
AnchalSingh,BeautifulEvenings
SaiSantoshSomuri,TheBrokenEgg
KaranSood,IntentofBurningtoGenerosity
SmitaSriwastav,UnsaidGoodbyes...
ManasiSubramaniam,WhattheFlowersSaidtoRadha
ShreyaSudesh,StolenbyYourLove
SaketSuman,PlaywithTagore
NikhilThadaney,Reminisce.......
NidhiTiwari,IntheDuskyPathofDream
NeelimaVinod,HundredYearsfromThen,WhoseVoicesAreThose?
RichaWahi,Crossings

INDONESIA
GeorgeGouzounis,AHotDrink

IRELAND
ZohaAhmed,CinnamonTrifle

ITALY
MartinBennett,TransmissionResumed

JAMAICA
MachelaOsagboro,Karen

KENYA
JoyMwaniki,Fear

MALTA
MichaelaButtigieg,ThePriceTag

MAURITIUS
AmeerahArjanee,God

NEPAL
ArunBudhathoki,BasantapurDarburSquare
NazneenZafar,ThePhonograph

NEWZEALAND
KellyBarry,InsideMyLoveTrunk

NIGERIA
DanielMarvel,TheRichBeggar

PAKISTAN
KashafGhumman,ThatOneInstant
NayyaraRahman,TheClamourofDebt

PHILIPPINES
CarlomarDaoana,Waiting

RUSSIANFEDERATION
IrinaGugushina,TheChildIsGone

SERBIA
MiodragKojadinovic IfNoOneHearsYourDeepSorrow,OhKol(i)kata

SINGAPORE
SwathiBhat,TheTwilightRush
LimJiaYing,Blind
MaEindraKyi,ImComingHome
SajeevKumarMenon,OdetoNature
YuChingTan,Thunder
HuiwenZhou,TheLastTree

SRILANKA
RossanaFaveroKarunaratna,TheManSeatedonanArmchair
ShahadiyaNizam,ThePrisoner
PriscillaPereira,GodThouArtGorgeous
RushdaRafeek,WhatMemoryDoYouHaveofHimNow?

TURKEY
BurcakBas,IfOneDay...
NurDilaraIpsir,InYourEyes

UK
NilamAshraMcGrath,WatchingTagore
RasheedaAzam,TheBigIssue
AndrewBrush,TheBeautifulNow
CathyBryant,SongNecklace
GarryCorbett,MeditationonEpsteinsHeadofRabindranathTagore
PurbaDe,AnEternalSaga
RaniDrew,ThePrisoner
CarmenFitzmaurice,HumanDesign
CatherineFord,OThouHolyOne
JonFreeman,UniversalTruth
AlexHales,MyWorld
PatJackson,TagoreAsks
SunnyJaggi,ReturnofanOldSeason
MatthewKrishanu,TagoresPaintings
AbigailLatham,BornaBeggar
SidLassi,WoodenFlute
LindaMaclennan,ADanceinStillness
AliceMalin,ReportersSnowGlobe
VijayMedtia,Maya
RobertMitchell,TwoSistersADialogue
I.M.K,ThePoetsApprentice
NanaMontford,WitheringWeddingFlower
SorayaNasser,ThePilgrimsQuantityofMud
ZainulNasser,TheChampaTree
SueNewton,Freedom
SaheraParveen,Candle
FionaRitchieWalker,TheRoadtoTown
T.E.Samad,AMatterofTime
JocelynWatsonvLoudMusic

USA
PatriciaBarone,GeniusatHomeintheUniverse
AndreaBates,GazelleGhazal
GregBeatty,GoodDogSpeaking
WesleyChou,Uttarayana
MonikaJohn,GodsLament
CharlesKasler,CrossRiver,ClimbMountain,ReturntoOcean
RebeccaLangley,WaylaidManon28thSt.
WFLantry,Invitation
JoannLeslie,IAm
LinetMenachery,ADropofWater
HannahMiddlebrooks,LoveUponaPrecipice
MaraElenaSolano,InspirationforaSigh
JulieStuckey,Drink
StephanieWang,AGenesis

UZBEKISTAN
MuniraNorova,WhenIGoAloneatNight