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Winning moments from Write India Season 1 finale

TNN | Last updated on - Apr 26, 2017, 12:30 IST

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Write India grand finale

Write India started off with a simple idea in a meeting and soon saw the coming together of 11 best-selling Indian authors for the contest. A year later with 25,000 stories, it became the biggest ever writing movement. Write India concluded on a grand note with a starry event held in November 2016 in Mumbai.

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Amish awards Nainesh A Jadwani

Nainesh A Jadwani's story which was based on author Chetan Bhagat's prompt got the top prize for Season 1. Nainesh is a software engineer by profession and a writer, cyclist, and music lover by choice. He lives in Mumbai.

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Amish felicitates Sutapa Basu

Sutapa Basu won the first position for Write India's first author Amish. She is a writer, poet and publishing consultant based in New Delhi. Since she wrote for Write India, she has had a novel published. She also writes for children.

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Tishampati Sen being awarded by Ravi Subramanian

Tishampati Sen got two prizes in Write India Season 1. He got the first prize for author Ravi Subramanian and third prize for author Chetan Bhagat. Tishampati is a lawyer based in New Delhi. Write India gave him the opportunity to bring out his creativity in a more disciplined manner, within the framework provided by the accomplished authors.

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Ravinder Singh awards Vasudha Chandna Gulati

Vasudha Chandna Gulati became a Write India winner twice in Season 1. She first won the third position for her story based on author Ravinder Singh's prompt the first position for author Anita Nair. Being evaluated on a nation-wide scale was her way of understanding if she had what it takes.

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Ravi Subramanian felicitates his youngest winner

Prapti Panda became the youngest Write India winner of Season 1 at the age of 14, as her story based on author Ravi Subramanian's prompt on infidelity won the second prize. It's not surprising that she loves to write.

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Ramya Vivek being felicitated by Jaishree Misra

Ramya Vivek's story based on author Jaishree Misra's prompt won the top prize. Ramya previously worked as a software developer. Now she is a homemaker, blogger and an aspiring writer from Coimbatore.

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Preeti Shenoy felicitates Samah Visaria

Samah Visaria got the top prize for author Preeti Shenoy. A graduate from NMIMS, Mumbai, Samah quit her job as a PR professional to explore different career options and realized that her interest lies in writing.

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Madhuri Banerjee felicitates Shachee Desai

Busy with her board exams in the month of March, Shachee Desai was introduced to the contest by her mother and a friend. She wrote her story on Madhuri Banerjee's prompt about Love Jihad in just two days and won the top prize for it. Shachee aspires to become an author.

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Kena Shree being felicitated by Ashwin Sanghi

Kena Shree's story for author Ashwin Sanghi won the top prize in Season 1. She is a strong believer in the power of storytelling. She hails from the city of nawabs, Lucknow, and is an HR professional.

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Jaishree Misra felicitates Rohit Tandekar

Rohit Tandekar got the top prize for writing a story for author Anita Nair during Season 1. Rohit is an engineer from Mumbai. An active blogger, he came to know about Write India through a friend during his final year exams and was inspired to pen down his story instantly.

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Durjoy Datta awards Dr Roshan Radhakrishnan

Dr Roshan Radhakrishan's story, a sci-fi thriller about a girl with two hearts, based on author Durjoy Datta's prompt won the top prize in Season 1. He is an anesthesiologist from Kannur. He believes in the healing power of love and laughter. Forty of his short stories and articles have been published in anthologies, journals, and online magazines.

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Aarati Shah being awarded by Tuhin A Sinha

Aarati Shah's story on a love-triangle was based on author Tuhin A Sinha's prompt which won her the top prize in Season 1. She is a voracious reader from Mumbai. She loves thrillers, horror, science fiction, and crime stories. Currently she is trying to write a crime-thriller.

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