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href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%AE_%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A0" title="বিক্ৰম শেঠ – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="বিক্ৰম শেঠ" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikram_Seth" title="Vikram Seth – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Vikram Seth" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B3%D8%AA" title="ویکرام ست – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ویکرام ست" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AE_%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A0" title="বিক্রম শেঠ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="বিক্রম শেঠ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikram_Seth" title="Vikram Seth – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Vikram Seth" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikram_Seth" title="Vikram Seth – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Vikram Seth" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikram_Seth" title="Vikram Seth – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Vikram Seth" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikram_Seth" title="Vikram Seth – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Vikram Seth" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B3%D8%AA" title="ویکرام ست – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ویکرام ست" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikram_Seth" title="Vikram Seth – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Vikram Seth" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%B5%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%95%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%AE_%E0%AA%B6%E0%AB%87%E0%AA%A0" title="વિક્રમ શેઠ – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="વિક્રમ શેઠ" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A0" title="विक्रम सेठ – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="विक्रम सेठ" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikram_Seth" title="Vikram Seth – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Vikram Seth" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikram_Seth" title="Vikram Seth – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Vikram Seth" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikram_Seth" title="Vikram Seth – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Vikram Seth" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%9D_%D7%A1%D7%AA" title="ויקרם סת – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ויקרם סת" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%AE%E0%B3%8D_%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%A0%E0%B3%8D" title="ವಿಕ್ರಮ್ ಸೇಠ್ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ವಿಕ್ರಮ್ ಸೇಠ್" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%82" title="Викрам Сет – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Викрам Сет" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%82_%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D" title="വിക്രം സേത്ത് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="വിക്രം സേത്ത്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A0" title="विक्रम सेठ – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="विक्रम सेठ" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AB" title="فيكرام سيث – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="فيكرام سيث" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikram_Seth" title="Vikram Seth – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Vikram Seth" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikram_Seth" title="Vikram Seth – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Vikram Seth" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%AC%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%95%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%B0%E0%AC%AE_%E0%AC%B6%E0%AD%87%E0%AC%A0" title="ବିକ୍ରମ ଶେଠ – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="ବିକ୍ରମ ଶେଠ" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%AE_%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%A0" title="ਵਿਕਰਮ ਸੇਠ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਵਿਕਰਮ ਸੇਠ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%85_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%B9%DA%BE" title="وکرم سیٹھ – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="وکرم سیٹھ" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikram_Seth" title="Vikram Seth – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Vikram Seth" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikram_Seth" title="Vikram Seth – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Vikram Seth" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikram_Seth" title="Vikram Seth – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Vikram Seth" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%82,_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC" title="Сет, Викрам – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Сет, Викрам" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A0" title="विक्रम सेठ – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="विक्रम सेठ" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" 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class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Indian novelist and poet</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div style="display:inline;" class="fn">Vikram Seth</div><br /><div class="honorific-suffix" style="display:inline;font-size: 77%; font-weight: normal;"><span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Order of the British Empire">CBE</a></span></span> <span class="nobold 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padding-right:0.65em;">Period</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">1980–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.4em;">Novels, poetry, libretto, travel writing, children's literature, biography/memoir</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Notable works</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Suitable_Boy" title="A Suitable Boy">A Suitable Boy</a></i><br /><i><a href="/wiki/The_Golden_Gate_(Seth_novel)" title="The Golden Gate (Seth novel)">The Golden Gate</a></i><br /> <i><a href="/wiki/An_Equal_Music" title="An Equal Music">An Equal Music</a></i><br /></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Notable awards</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sahitya_Academy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Sahitya Academy Award">Sahitya Academy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stegner_Fellowship" title="Stegner Fellowship">Stegner Fellowship</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guggenheim_Fellowship" title="Guggenheim Fellowship">Guggenheim Fellowship</a>, <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Foundation_prizes" title="Commonwealth Foundation prizes">Commonwealth Writers' Prize</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output 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.listen{clear:both}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .listen:not(.listen-noimage){width:320px}.mw-parser-output .listen-left{overflow:visible;float:left}.mw-parser-output .listen-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-left listen noprint listen-embedded listen-noimage"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><div class="haudio"> <div class="listen-file-header"><a href="/wiki/File:Vikram_Seth_BBC_Radio4_Desert_Island_Discs_22_Jan_2012_b01772hm.flac" title="File:Vikram Seth BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 22 Jan 2012 b01772hm.flac">Vikram Seth's voice</a></div> <div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="215" style="width:215px;" data-durationhint="27" data-mwtitle="Vikram_Seth_BBC_Radio4_Desert_Island_Discs_22_Jan_2012_b01772hm.flac" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/06/Vikram_Seth_BBC_Radio4_Desert_Island_Discs_22_Jan_2012_b01772hm.flac/Vikram_Seth_BBC_Radio4_Desert_Island_Discs_22_Jan_2012_b01772hm.flac.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/06/Vikram_Seth_BBC_Radio4_Desert_Island_Discs_22_Jan_2012_b01772hm.flac/Vikram_Seth_BBC_Radio4_Desert_Island_Discs_22_Jan_2012_b01772hm.flac.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Vikram_Seth_BBC_Radio4_Desert_Island_Discs_22_Jan_2012_b01772hm.flac" type="audio/flac" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description">from the BBC programme <i><a href="/wiki/Desert_Island_Discs" title="Desert Island Discs">Desert Island Discs</a></i>, 22 January 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div></div></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vikramseth.net">www<wbr />.vikramseth<wbr />.net</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Vikram Seth</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Order of the British Empire">CBE</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society_of_Literature" class="mw-redirect" title="Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature">FRSL</a></span></span></span> (born 20 June 1952) is an <a href="/wiki/Indian_people" title="Indian people">Indian</a> <a href="/wiki/Novelist" title="Novelist">novelist</a> and <a href="/wiki/Poet" title="Poet">poet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has written several <a href="/wiki/Novel" title="Novel">novels</a> and <a href="/wiki/Poetry" title="Poetry">poetry</a> books. He has won several awards such as <a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sahitya_Akademi_Award" title="Sahitya Akademi Award">Sahitya Akademi Award</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pravasi_Bharatiya_Samman" title="Pravasi Bharatiya Samman">Pravasi Bharatiya Samman</a>, <a href="/wiki/WH_Smith_Literary_Award" title="WH Smith Literary Award">WH Smith Literary Award</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vodafone_Crossword_Book_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Vodafone Crossword Book Award">Crossword Book Award</a>. Seth's collections of <a href="/wiki/Poetry" title="Poetry">poetry</a> such as <i><a href="/wiki/Mappings_(poetry)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mappings (poetry)">Mappings</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Beastly_Tales" title="Beastly Tales">Beastly Tales</a></i> are notable contributions to the <a href="/wiki/Indian_English" title="Indian English">Indian English</a> language poetry canon.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vikram_Seth&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Seth was born on 20 June 1952 in <a href="/wiki/Calcutta" class="mw-redirect" title="Calcutta">Calcutta</a>. His father, Prem Nath Seth, was an executive of <a href="/wiki/Bata_Shoes" class="mw-redirect" title="Bata Shoes">Bata Shoes</a> and his mother, <a href="/wiki/Leila_Seth" title="Leila Seth">Leila Seth</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Barrister" title="Barrister">Barrister</a> by training, became the first female judge of the <a href="/wiki/Delhi_High_Court" title="Delhi High Court">Delhi High Court</a> and first woman to become <a href="/wiki/Chief_justice" title="Chief justice">Chief justice</a> of a state High Court in India.<sup id="cite_ref-Atkins2002_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Atkins2002-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Seth was educated at the all-boys' private boarding school <a href="/wiki/The_Doon_School" title="The Doon School">The Doon School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dehradun" title="Dehradun">Dehradun</a>, where he was editor-in-chief of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Doon_School_Weekly" title="The Doon School Weekly">The Doon School Weekly</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Seth2007_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Seth2007-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At Doon, he was influenced by his teacher, the mountaineer <a href="/wiki/Gurdial_Singh_(mountaineer)" title="Gurdial Singh (mountaineer)">Gurdial Singh</a>, who taught him geography and according to Leila Seth, "guided Vikram in many ways...encouraged him to appreciate Western classical music and instilled in him a love of adventure and daring."<sup id="cite_ref-Seth2007_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Seth2007-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Singh later described Seth as an "indefatigable worker, and he maintains without difficulty his distinguished level in studies...he has put in enormous amount of energy in other spheres of school life, in dramatics, in debating, in first aid, in music, and in editing the Doon School Weekly."<sup id="cite_ref-Seth2007_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Seth2007-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After graduating from Doon, Seth went to <a href="/wiki/Tonbridge_School" title="Tonbridge School">Tonbridge School</a>, England, to complete his <a href="/wiki/A-levels" class="mw-redirect" title="A-levels">A-levels</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-google2_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-google2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later he read <a href="/wiki/Philosophy,_Politics_and_Economics" class="mw-redirect" title="Philosophy, Politics and Economics">Philosophy, Politics and Economics</a> at <a href="/wiki/Corpus_Christi_College,_Oxford" title="Corpus Christi College, Oxford">Corpus Christi College</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Oxford" title="University of Oxford">Oxford</a>. He then pursued a Ph.D. in Economics at <a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a> though never completed it.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-stanford_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stanford-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Work_and_style">Work and style</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vikram_Seth&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Work and style"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Seth has published eight books of poetry and three novels. In 1980, he wrote <i><a href="/wiki/Mappings_(poetry)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mappings (poetry)">Mappings</a></i>, his first book of poetry. The publication of <i><a href="/wiki/A_Suitable_Boy" title="A Suitable Boy">A Suitable Boy</a></i>, a 1,349-page novel, propelled Seth into the public limelight. It was adapted into a BBC television drama miniseries in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His second novel, <i><a href="/wiki/An_Equal_Music" title="An Equal Music">An Equal Music</a>,</i> deals with the troubled love-life of a violinist. Seth's work <i><a href="/wiki/Two_Lives_(non-fiction)" class="mw-redirect" title="Two Lives (non-fiction)">Two Lives</a>,</i> published in 2005, is a memoir of the marriage of his great-uncle and aunt. </p><p>In addition to <i><a href="/wiki/The_Golden_Gate_(Seth_novel)" title="The Golden Gate (Seth novel)">The Golden Gate</a>,</i> Seth has written other works of poetry including <i><a href="/wiki/Mappings_(poetry)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mappings (poetry)">Mappings</a></i> (1980), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Humble_Administrator%27s_Garden" title="The Humble Administrator's Garden">The Humble Administrator's Garden</a></i> (1985), <i><a href="/wiki/All_You_Who_Sleep_Tonight" title="All You Who Sleep Tonight">All You Who Sleep Tonight</a></i> (1990) and <i><a href="/wiki/Three_Chinese_Poets" title="Three Chinese Poets">Three Chinese Poets</a></i> (1992). His children's book, <i><a href="/wiki/Beastly_Tales_from_Here_and_There" class="mw-redirect" title="Beastly Tales from Here and There">Beastly Tales from Here and There</a></i> (1992) consists of 10 stories about animals. He has written a travel book, <i>From Heaven Lake: Travels through Sinkiang and Tibet</i> (1983), an account of a journey through <a href="/wiki/Tibet" title="Tibet">Tibet</a>, China and <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a>. He was also commissioned by the <a href="/wiki/English_National_Opera" title="English National Opera">English National Opera</a> to write a libretto based on the Greek legend of <a href="/wiki/Arion" title="Arion">Arion</a> and the Dolphin. The opera was performed for the first time in June 1994. </p><p>A sequel to <i>A Suitable Boy,</i> <i><a href="/wiki/A_Suitable_Girl" title="A Suitable Girl">A Suitable Girl</a></i>, was announced in 2009, but has yet to be published. </p><p>Seth's former literary agent <a href="/wiki/Giles_Gordon" title="Giles Gordon">Giles Gordon</a> recalled being interviewed by Seth for the position, "Vikram sat at one end of a long table and he began to grill us. It was absolutely incredible. He wanted to know our literary tastes, our views on poetry, our views on plays, which novelists we liked".<sup id="cite_ref-guardiansaturday_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardiansaturday-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Seth later explained to Gordon that he had passed the interview not because of commercial considerations, but because unlike the others he was the only agent who seemed as interested in his poetry as in his other writing. Seth followed what he has described as "the ludicrous advance for that book" (£250,000 for <i>A Suitable Boy</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with £500,000 for <i>An Equal Music</i> and £1.4 million for <i>Two Lives</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-rediff_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rediff-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He prepared an <a href="/wiki/Acrostic" title="Acrostic">acrostic</a> poem<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for his address at Gordon's 2005 memorial service.<sup id="cite_ref-poemhunter_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-poemhunter-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 16 June, 2024, publishing house Speaking Tiger announced the release of Seth's English translation of the sacred Hindu hymn "Hanuman Chalisa" - his first new work in over a decade.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Views">Views</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vikram_Seth&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Views"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Seth commented on the <a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election" title="2024 Indian general election">Indian general elections held during the summer of 2024</a> saying that "we live in a better situation now than we lived a month ago". He made this comment less than a month after the elections were over and a new coalition government had been sworn in. Seth said "at least now there is somewhat of limitation on autocracy."<sup id="cite_ref-DH_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DH-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the recent sanction<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to prosecute the author <a href="/wiki/Arundhati_Roy" title="Arundhati Roy">Arundhati Roy</a>, he noted that it was "craziness."<sup id="cite_ref-DH_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DH-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vikram_Seth&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Seth is <a href="/wiki/Bisexuality" title="Bisexuality">bisexual</a>. He was in a relationship with the violinist <a href="/wiki/Philippe_Honor%C3%A9_(violinist)" title="Philippe Honoré (violinist)">Philippe Honoré</a> for ten years and dedicated his novel <i>An Equal Music</i> to him.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2006, he became a leader of the campaign against <a href="/wiki/Section_377_of_the_Indian_Penal_Code" class="mw-redirect" title="Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code">Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code</a>, a law against <a href="/wiki/Homosexuality" title="Homosexuality">homosexuality</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Section 377 was reinstated in 2013, Seth continued campaigning against the law.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Seth divides his time between the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, where he bought and renovated the former home of the Anglican poet <a href="/wiki/George_Herbert" title="George Herbert">George Herbert</a> near <a href="/wiki/Salisbury" title="Salisbury">Salisbury</a>, and India, where he has a family home in <a href="/wiki/Noida" title="Noida">Noida</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-herberthouse2_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-herberthouse2-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vikram_Seth&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Novels">Novels</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vikram_Seth&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Novels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Golden_Gate_(Seth_novel)" title="The Golden Gate (Seth novel)">The Golden Gate</a></i> (1986)<sup id="cite_ref-doononline_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-doononline-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Suitable_Boy" title="A Suitable Boy">A Suitable Boy</a></i> (1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/An_Equal_Music" title="An Equal Music">An Equal Music</a></i> (1999)<sup id="cite_ref-albertazzi_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-albertazzi-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Poetry">Poetry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vikram_Seth&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Poetry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Mappings_(poetry)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mappings (poetry)">Mappings</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Tale_Of_Melon_City&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Tale Of Melon City (page does not exist)">The Tale Of Melon City</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Humble_Administrator%27s_Garden" title="The Humble Administrator's Garden">The Humble Administrator's Garden</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/All_You_Who_Sleep_Tonight" title="All You Who Sleep Tonight">All You Who Sleep Tonight</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Beastly_Tales" title="Beastly Tales">Beastly Tales</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Three_Chinese_Poets" title="Three Chinese Poets">Three Chinese Poets</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Frog_and_the_Nightingale" title="The Frog and the Nightingale">The Frog and the Nightingale</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i>Summer Requiem: A Book of Poems</i> (2015)</li> <li><i>A Doctor’s Journal Entry for August 6, 1945</i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elephant_and_the_Trapogan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Elephant and the Trapogan (page does not 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Louse and the Mosquito</i> (2020)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Non-fiction">Non-fiction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vikram_Seth&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Non-fiction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>From Heaven Lake: Travels Through Sinkiang and Tibet</i> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Two_Lives_(non-fiction)" class="mw-redirect" title="Two Lives (non-fiction)"><i>Two Lives</i></a> (2005)</li> <li><i>The Rivered Earth</i> (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-TOI_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOI-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Appearances_in_poetry_anthologies">Appearances in poetry anthologies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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Ed. <a href="/wiki/Arvind_Krishna_Mehrotra" title="Arvind Krishna Mehrotra">Arvind Krishna Mehrotra</a>. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>The Golden Treasure of <a href="/wiki/Writers_Workshop_(publisher)" title="Writers Workshop (publisher)">Writers Workshop</a> Poetry</i>. Ed. Rubana Huq. 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Suitable Boy</i></li> <li>1994 – <a href="/wiki/WH_Smith_Literary_Award" title="WH Smith Literary Award">WH Smith Literary Award</a> for <i>A Suitable Boy</i></li> <li>1999 – <a href="/wiki/Vodafone_Crossword_Book_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Vodafone Crossword Book Award">Crossword Book Award</a> for <i>An Equal Music</i></li> <li>2001 – <a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Order of the British Empire">Commander of the Order of the British Empire</a></li> <li>2001 – EMMA (BT Ethnic and Multicultural Media Award) for Best Book/Novel for <i>An Equal Music</i></li> <li>2005 – <a href="/wiki/Pravasi_Bharatiya_Samman" title="Pravasi Bharatiya Samman">Pravasi Bharatiya Samman</a></li> <li>2007 – <a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a> in Literature & Education<sup id="cite_ref-Padma_Awards_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Padma_Awards-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2013 – <a href="/wiki/NDTV" title="NDTV">NDTV</a>'s 25 Greatest Global Living Legends In India</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vikram_Seth&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_writers" title="List of Indian writers">List of Indian writers</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vikram_Seth&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 January</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Desert+Island+Discs&rft.date=2012-01-22&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fprogrammes%2Fb019rd99&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVikram+Seth" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHor2010" class="citation web cs1">Hor, Sandip (2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130404061736/http://www.indianlink.com.au/travel/the-city-of-wonders/">"Indian Link — The City of Wonders"</a>. <i>indianlink.com.au</i>. 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Coetzee</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Carey_(novelist)" title="Peter Carey (novelist)">Peter Carey</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Flanagan" title="Richard Flanagan">Richard Flanagan</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austin_Clarke_(novelist)" title="Austin Clarke (novelist)">Austin Clarke</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caryl_Phillips" title="Caryl Phillips">Caryl Phillips</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Levy" title="Andrea Levy">Andrea Levy</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kate_Grenville" title="Kate Grenville">Kate Grenville</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Jones_(New_Zealand_author)" title="Lloyd Jones (New Zealand author)">Lloyd Jones</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Hill" title="Lawrence Hill">Lawrence Hill</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christos_Tsiolkas" title="Christos Tsiolkas">Christos Tsiolkas</a> (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010–2011</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rana_Dasgupta" title="Rana Dasgupta">Rana Dasgupta</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aminatta_Forna" title="Aminatta Forna">Aminatta Forna</a> (2011)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Sahitya_Akademi_Award_for_English" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Sahitya_Akademi_Award_for_English" title="Template:Sahitya Akademi Award for English"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Sahitya_Akademi_Award_for_English" title="Template talk:Sahitya Akademi Award for English"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Sahitya_Akademi_Award_for_English" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Sahitya Akademi Award for English"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Sahitya_Akademi_Award_for_English" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Sahitya_Akademi_Award" title="Sahitya Akademi Award">Sahitya Akademi Award</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Sahitya_Akademi_Award_winners_for_English" title="List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for English"> for English</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960–1970</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Guide" title="The Guide">The Guide</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/R._K._Narayan" title="R. K. Narayan">R. K. Narayan</a> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Serpent_and_the_Rope" title="The Serpent and the Rope">The Serpent and the Rope</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Raja_Rao" title="Raja Rao">Raja Rao</a> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Tribal_World_of_Verrier_Elwin" title="The Tribal World of Verrier Elwin">The Tribal World of Verrier Elwin</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Verrier_Elwin" title="Verrier Elwin">Verrier Elwin</a> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shadow_From_Ladakh" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow From Ladakh">Shadow From Ladakh</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Bhabani_Bhattacharya" title="Bhabani Bhattacharya">Bhabani Bhattacharya</a> (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/An_Artist_in_Life" title="An Artist in Life">An Artist in Life</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Niharranjan_Ray" title="Niharranjan Ray">Niharranjan Ray</a> (1969)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1971–1980</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Morning_Face" title="Morning Face">Morning Face</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Mulk_Raj_Anand" title="Mulk Raj Anand">Mulk Raj Anand</a> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Scholar_Extraordinary" title="Scholar Extraordinary">Scholar Extraordinary</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Nirad_C._Chaudhuri" title="Nirad C. Chaudhuri">Nirad C. Chaudhuri</a> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jawaharlal_Nehru_(book)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jawaharlal Nehru (book) (page does not exist)">Jawaharlal Nehru</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Sarvepalli_Gopal" title="Sarvepalli Gopal">Sarvepalli Gopal</a> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azadi_(book)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Azadi (book) (page does not exist)">Azadi</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Chaman_Nahal" title="Chaman Nahal">Chaman Nahal</a> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fire_on_the_Mountain_(Desai_novel)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fire on the Mountain (Desai novel) (page does not exist)">Fire on the Mountain</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Anita_Desai" title="Anita Desai">Anita Desai</a> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Inside_the_Haveli" title="Inside the Haveli">Inside the Haveli</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Rama_Mehta" title="Rama Mehta">Rama Mehta</a> (1979)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=On_the_Mother&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="On the Mother (page does not exist)">On the Mother</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/K._R._Srinivasa_Iyengar" title="K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar">K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar</a> (1980)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1981–1990</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Relationship_(book)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Relationship (book) (page does not exist)">Relationship</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Jayanta_Mahapatra" title="Jayanta Mahapatra">Jayanta Mahapatra</a> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Labyrinth" title="The Last Labyrinth">The Last Labyrinth</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Arun_Joshi" title="Arun Joshi">Arun Joshi</a> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Latter-Day_Psalms&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Latter-Day Psalms (page does not exist)">Latter-Day Psalms</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Nissim_Ezekiel" title="Nissim Ezekiel">Nissim Ezekiel</a> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Keeper_of_the_Dead&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Keeper of the Dead (page does not exist)">The Keeper of the Dead</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Keki_N._Daruwalla" title="Keki N. Daruwalla">Keki N. Daruwalla</a> (1984)</li> <li><i>Collected Poems</i> by <a href="/wiki/Kamala_Surayya" title="Kamala Surayya">Kamala Das</a> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rich_Like_Us" title="Rich Like Us">Rich Like Us</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Nayantara_Sahgal" title="Nayantara Sahgal">Nayantara Sahgal</a> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trapfalls_In_the_Sky&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Trapfalls In the Sky (page does not exist)">Trapfalls In the Sky</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Shiv_K._Kumar" title="Shiv K. Kumar">Shiv K. Kumar</a> (1987)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Golden_Gate_(Seth_novel)" title="The Golden Gate (Seth novel)">The Golden Gate</a></i> by <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Vikram Seth</a> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Shadow_Lines" title="The Shadow Lines">The Shadow Lines</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Amitav_Ghosh" title="Amitav Ghosh">Amitav Ghosh</a> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=That_Long_Silence&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="That Long Silence (page does not exist)">That Long Silence</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Shashi_Deshpande" title="Shashi Deshpande">Shashi Deshpande</a> (1990)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1991–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Trotter-Nama&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Trotter-Nama (page does not exist)">The Trotter-Nama</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Allan_Sealy" title="Allan Sealy">Allan Sealy</a> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Our_Trees_Still_Grow_in_Dehra" title="Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra">Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Ruskin_Bond" title="Ruskin Bond">Ruskin Bond</a> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=After_Amnesia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="After Amnesia (page does not exist)">After Amnesia</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/G._N._Devy" title="G. N. Devy">G. N. Devy</a> (1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Serendip_(book)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Serendip (book) (page does not exist)">Serendip</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Dom_Moraes" title="Dom Moraes">Dom Moraes</a> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Memories_of_Rain" title="Memories of Rain">Memories of Rain</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Sunetra_Gupta" title="Sunetra Gupta">Sunetra Gupta</a> (1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Final_Solutions_and_Other_Plays&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Final Solutions and Other Plays (page does not exist)">Final Solutions and Other Plays</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Mahesh_Dattani" title="Mahesh Dattani">Mahesh Dattani</a> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Collected_Poems_(Ramanujan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Collected Poems (Ramanujan) (page does not exist)">The Collected Poems</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/A._K._Ramanujan" title="A. K. Ramanujan">A. K. Ramanujan</a> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cuckold_(novel)" title="Cuckold (novel)">Cuckold</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Kiran_Nagarkar" title="Kiran Nagarkar">Kiran Nagarkar</a> (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2001–2010</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rajaji:_A_Life&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rajaji: A Life (page does not exist)">Rajaji: A Life</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Rajmohan_Gandhi" title="Rajmohan Gandhi">Rajmohan Gandhi</a> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_New_World_(novel)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="A New World (novel) (page does not exist)">A New World</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Amit_Chaudhuri" title="Amit Chaudhuri">Amit Chaudhuri</a> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Perishable_Empire" title="The Perishable Empire">The Perishable Empire</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Meenakshi_Mukherjee" title="Meenakshi Mukherjee">Meenakshi Mukherjee</a> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mammaries_of_the_Welfare_State" title="The Mammaries of the Welfare State">The Mammaries of the Welfare State</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Upamanyu_Chatterjee" title="Upamanyu Chatterjee">Upamanyu Chatterjee</a> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Algebra_of_Infinite_Justice" title="The Algebra of Infinite Justice">The Algebra of Infinite Justice</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Arundhati_Roy" title="Arundhati Roy">Arundhati Roy</a> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Sari_Shop&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Sari Shop (page does not exist)">The Sari Shop</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Rupa_Bajwa" title="Rupa Bajwa">Rupa Bajwa</a> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Disorderly_Women&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Disorderly Women (page does not exist)">Disorderly Women</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Malathi_Rao" title="Malathi Rao">Malathi Rao</a> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahabharata:_An_Inquiry_into_the_Human_Condition&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mahabharata: An Inquiry into the Human Condition (page does not exist)">Mahabharata: An Inquiry into the Human Condition</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Chaturvedi_Badrinath" title="Chaturvedi Badrinath">Chaturvedi Badrinath</a> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Book_of_Rachel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Book of Rachel (page does not exist)">The Book of Rachel</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Esther_David" title="Esther David">Esther David</a> (2010)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2011–2020</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/India_after_Gandhi" class="mw-redirect" title="India after Gandhi">India after Gandhi</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Ramachandra_Guha" title="Ramachandra Guha">Ramachandra Guha</a> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=These_Errors_are_Correct&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="These Errors are Correct (page does not exist)">These Errors are Correct</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Jeet_Thayil" title="Jeet Thayil">Jeet Thayil</a> (2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Laburnum_For_My_Head" title="Laburnum For My Head">Laburnum For My Head</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Temsula_Ao" class="mw-redirect" title="Temsula Ao">Temsula Ao</a> (2013)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Trying_to_Say_Goodbye" class="mw-redirect" title="Trying to Say Goodbye">Trying to Say Goodbye</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Adil_Jussawalla" title="Adil Jussawalla">Adil Jussawalla</a> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chronicle_of_a_Corpse_Bearer" title="Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer">Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Cyrus_Mistry_(writer)" title="Cyrus Mistry (writer)">Cyrus Mistry</a> (2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Em_and_the_Big_Hoom" title="Em and the Big Hoom">Em and the Big Hoom</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Pinto" title="Jerry Pinto">Jerry Pinto</a> (2016)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Black_Hill&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Black Hill (page does not exist)">The Black Hill</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Mamang_Dai" title="Mamang Dai">Mamang Dai</a> (2017)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Blind_Lady%27s_Descendants&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Blind Lady's Descendants (page does not exist)">The Blind Lady's Descendants</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Anees_Salim" title="Anees Salim">Anees Salim</a> (2018)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Inglorious_Empire" title="Inglorious Empire">An Era of Darkness</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Shashi_Tharoor" title="Shashi Tharoor">Shashi Tharoor</a> (2019)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=When_God_is_a_Traveller&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="When God is a Traveller (page does not exist)">When God is a Traveller</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Arundhathi_Subramaniam" title="Arundhathi Subramaniam">Arundhathi Subramaniam</a> (2020)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2021–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Things_to_Leave_Behind" title="Things to Leave Behind">Things to Leave Behind</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Namita_Gokhale" title="Namita Gokhale">Namita Gokhale</a> (2021)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=All_The_Lives_We_Never_Lived&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="All The Lives We Never Lived (page does not exist)">All The Lives We Never Lived</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Anuradha_Roy_(novelist)" title="Anuradha Roy (novelist)">Anuradha Roy</a> (2022)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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title="Template talk:Padma Shri Award Recipients in Literature & Education"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Padma_Shri_Award_Recipients_in_Literature_%26_Education" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Padma Shri Award Recipients in Literature & Education"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Recipients_of_Padma_Shri_in_Literature_&amp;_Education" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Recipients of <a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a> in Literature & Education</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Shri_award_recipients_(1954%E2%80%931959)" title="List of Padma Shri award recipients (1954–1959)">1950s</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/K._Shankar_Pillai" title="K. Shankar Pillai">K. Shankar Pillai</a> (1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna_Kanta_Handique" title="Krishna Kanta Handique">Krishna Kanta Handique</a> (1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surya_Kumar_Bhuyan" title="Surya Kumar Bhuyan">Surya Kumar Bhuyan</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sukhdev_Pande" title="Sukhdev Pande">Sukhdev Pande</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nalini_Bala_Devi" title="Nalini Bala Devi">Nalini Bala Devi</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._R._Ranganathan" title="S. R. Ranganathan">S. R. Ranganathan</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ram_Chandra_Varma&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ram Chandra Varma (page does not exist)">Ram Chandra Varma</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Magan_Lal_Tribhuvandas_Vyas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Magan Lal Tribhuvandas Vyas (page does not exist)">Magan Lal Tribhuvandas Vyas</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._S._Chandrasekharan" title="K. S. Chandrasekharan">K. S. Chandrasekharan</a> (1958)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Shri_award_recipients_(1960%E2%80%931969)" title="List of Padma Shri award recipients (1960–1969)">1960s</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/B._S._Kesavan" title="B. S. Kesavan">B. S. Kesavan</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artaballabha_Mohanty" title="Artaballabha Mohanty">Artaballabha Mohanty</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._D._Sundaravadivelu" title="N. D. Sundaravadivelu">N. D. Sundaravadivelu</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinayaka_Krishna_Gokak" title="Vinayaka Krishna Gokak">Vinayaka Krishna Gokak</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vishnukant_Jha&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vishnukant Jha (page does not exist)">Vishnukant Jha</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jinvijay" title="Jinvijay">Jinvijay</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Evengeline_Lazarus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Evengeline Lazarus (page does not exist)">Evengeline Lazarus</a> (1961)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Shri_award_recipients_(1970%E2%80%931979)" title="List of Padma Shri award recipients (1970–1979)">1970s</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ananda_Chandra_Barua" title="Ananda Chandra Barua">Ananda Chandra Barua</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sulabha_Panandikar" title="Sulabha Panandikar">Sulabha Panandikar</a> (1971)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Shri_award_recipients_(1980%E2%80%931989)" title="List of Padma Shri award recipients (1980–1989)">1980s</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Krishan Dutta Bharadwaj (1981)</li> <li>Abid Ali Khan (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Punjwani" class="mw-redirect" title="Ram Punjwani">Ram Punjwani</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaikom_Muhammad_Basheer" title="Vaikom Muhammad Basheer">Vaikom Muhammad Basheer</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._V._Pandit" title="R. V. Pandit">R. V. Pandit</a> (1982)</li> <li>Sher Singh Sher (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaura_Pant_Shivani" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaura Pant Shivani">Gaura Pant Shivani</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahalya_Chari" title="Ahalya Chari">Ahalya Chari</a> (1983)</li> <li>Amitabha Chaudhuri (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saliha_Abid_Hussain" title="Saliha Abid Hussain">Saliha Abid Hussain</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Komal_Kothari" title="Komal Kothari">Komal Kothari</a> (1983)</li> <li>Hundraj Lial Ram Dukhayal Manik (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghuvir_Sharan_Mitra" title="Raghuvir Sharan Mitra">Raghuvir Sharan Mitra</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attar_Singh" title="Attar Singh">Attar Singh</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayangnokcha_Ao" title="Mayangnokcha Ao">Mayangnokcha Ao</a> (1984)</li> <li>Kshem Suman Chandra (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshmi_Kumari_Chundawat" title="Lakshmi Kumari Chundawat">Lakshmi Kumari Chundawat</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shanta_Gandhi" title="Shanta Gandhi">Shanta Gandhi</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadhu_Singh_Hamdard" title="Sadhu Singh Hamdard">Sadhu Singh Hamdard</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qurratulain_Hyder" title="Qurratulain Hyder">Qurratulain Hyder</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ganpatrao_Jadhav" title="Ganpatrao Jadhav">Ganpatrao Jadhav</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syed_Abdul_Malik" title="Syed Abdul Malik">Syed Abdul Malik</a> (1984)</li> <li>John Arthur King Martyn (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sooranad_Kunjan_Pillai" title="Sooranad Kunjan Pillai">Sooranad Kunjan Pillai</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syed_Hasan_Askari" title="Syed Hasan Askari">Syed Hasan Askari</a> (1985)</li> <li>Jamesh Dokhuma (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaka_Hathrasi" title="Kaka Hathrasi">Kaka Hathrasi</a> (1985)</li> <li>Bharat Mishra (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harishankar_Parsai" title="Harishankar Parsai">Harishankar Parsai</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashangbam_Minaketan_Singh" title="Ashangbam Minaketan Singh">Ashangbam Minaketan Singh</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anil_Agarwal_(environmentalist)" title="Anil Agarwal (environmentalist)">Anil Agarwal</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Binod_Kanungo" title="Binod Kanungo">Binod Kanungo</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chitra_Naik" title="Chitra Naik">Chitra Naik</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abdur_Rahman_(science_policy_analyst)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abdur Rahman (science policy analyst) (page does not exist)">Abdur Rahman</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuchhungi_Renthlei" title="Nuchhungi Renthlei">Nuchhungi Renthlei</a> (1986)</li> <li>Raghunath Sharma (1986)</li> <li>Abdul Sattar (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nazir_Ahmed_(scholar)" title="Nazir Ahmed (scholar)">Nazir Ahmed</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanaja_Iyengar" title="Vanaja Iyengar">Vanaja Iyengar</a> (1987)</li> <li>Khawlkungi (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badri_Narayan" title="Badri Narayan">Badri Narayan</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debi_Prasanna_Pattanayak" title="Debi Prasanna Pattanayak">Debi Prasanna Pattanayak</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sant_Singh_Sekhon" title="Sant Singh Sekhon">Sant Singh Sekhon</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._Khelchandra_Singh" class="mw-redirect" title="N. Khelchandra Singh">N. Khelchandra Singh</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madaram_Brahma" title="Madaram Brahma">Madaram Brahma</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nissim_Ezekiel" title="Nissim Ezekiel">Nissim Ezekiel</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._M._George_(writer)" title="K. M. George (writer)">K. M. George</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mario_Miranda" title="Mario Miranda">Mario Miranda</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vidya_Niwas_Mishra" title="Vidya Niwas Mishra">Vidya Niwas Mishra</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Jawad_Zaidi" title="Ali Jawad Zaidi">Ali Jawad Zaidi</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalim_Aajiz" title="Kalim Aajiz">Kalim Aajiz</a> (1989)</li> <li>Barsane Lal Chaturvedi (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anita_Desai" title="Anita Desai">Anita Desai</a> (1989)</li> <li>Moti Lal Saqi (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rongbong_Terang" title="Rongbong Terang">Rongbong Terang</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._Venkatachalam" title="V. Venkatachalam">V. Venkatachalam</a> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Shri_award_recipients_(1990%E2%80%931999)" title="List of Padma Shri award recipients (1990–1999)">1990s</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M._Aram" title="M. Aram">M. Aram</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Kumar_Chopra" title="Vijay Kumar Chopra">Vijay Kumar Chopra</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Behram_Contractor" title="Behram Contractor">Behram Contractor</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radha_Mohan_Gadanayak" title="Radha Mohan Gadanayak">Radha Mohan Gadanayak</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhav_Yeshwant_Gadkari" title="Madhav Yeshwant Gadkari">Madhav Yeshwant Gadkari</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yashpal_Jain" title="Yashpal Jain">Yashpal Jain</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharad_Joshi" title="Sharad Joshi">Sharad Joshi</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanhiyalal_Prabhakar_Mishra" class="mw-redirect" title="Kanhiyalal Prabhakar Mishra">Kanhiyalal Prabhakar Mishra</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gopi_Chand_Narang" title="Gopi Chand Narang">Gopi Chand Narang</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dagdu_Maruti_Pawar" title="Dagdu Maruti Pawar">Dagdu Maruti Pawar</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nilmani_Phookan_Jr" title="Nilmani Phookan Jr">Nilmani Phookan Jr</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shyam_Singh_Shashi" title="Shyam Singh Shashi">Shyam Singh Shashi</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Nath_Shastri" title="Ram Nath Shastri">Ram Nath Shastri</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharat_Bhushan_(yogi)" title="Bharat Bhushan (yogi)">Bharat Bhushan (yogi)</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kapil_Deva_Dvivedi" title="Kapil Deva Dvivedi">Kapil Deva Dvivedi</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._K._S._Iyengar" title="B. K. S. Iyengar">B. K. S. Iyengar</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satish_Chandra_Kakati" title="Satish Chandra Kakati">Satish Chandra Kakati</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishnu_Bhikaji_Kolte" title="Vishnu Bhikaji Kolte">Vishnu Bhikaji Kolte</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madan_Lal_Madhu" title="Madan Lal Madhu">Madan Lal Madhu</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namdeo_Dhondo_Mahanor" title="Namdeo Dhondo Mahanor">Namdeo Dhondo Mahanor</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keshav_Malik" title="Keshav Malik">Keshav Malik</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surendra_Mohanty" title="Surendra Mohanty">Surendra Mohanty</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._T._Narasimhachar" title="P. T. Narasimhachar">P. T. Narasimhachar</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._G._Bhide" title="V. G. Bhide">V. G. Bhide</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulabdas_Broker" title="Gulabdas Broker">Gulabdas Broker</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna_Chaithanya" title="Krishna Chaithanya">Krishna Chaithanya</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajammal_P._Devadas" title="Rajammal P. Devadas">Rajammal P. Devadas</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasant_Shankar_Kanetkar" title="Vasant Shankar Kanetkar">Vasant Shankar Kanetkar</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._C._Kulandaiswamy" title="V. C. Kulandaiswamy">V. C. Kulandaiswamy</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._S._Lugani" title="R. S. Lugani">R. S. Lugani</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shovana_Narayan" title="Shovana Narayan">Shovana Narayan</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nisith_Ranjan_Ray" title="Nisith Ranjan Ray">Nisith Ranjan Ray</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Kirti_Singh" class="mw-redirect" title="M. Kirti Singh">M. Kirti Singh</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._K._Thapar" title="B. K. Thapar">B. K. Thapar</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Tully" title="Mark Tully">Mark Tully</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._N._Goswamy" title="B. N. Goswamy">B. N. Goswamy</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/O._N._V._Kurup" title="O. N. V. Kurup">O. N. V. Kurup</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lalsangzuali_Sailo" title="Lalsangzuali Sailo">Lalsangzuali Sailo</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gurdial_Singh" title="Gurdial Singh">Gurdial Singh</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narayan_Gangaram_Surve" title="Narayan Gangaram Surve">Narayan Gangaram Surve</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruskin_Bond" title="Ruskin Bond">Ruskin Bond</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shayama_Chona" title="Shayama Chona">Shayama Chona</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._P._Chopra" title="G. P. Chopra">G. P. Chopra</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namdeo_Dhasal" title="Namdeo Dhasal">Namdeo Dhasal</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanhaiya_Lal_Nandan" title="Kanhaiya Lal Nandan">Kanhaiya Lal Nandan</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satya_Vrat_Shastri" title="Satya Vrat Shastri">Satya Vrat Shastri</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajkumar_Jhalajit_Singh" title="Rajkumar Jhalajit Singh">Rajkumar Jhalajit Singh</a> (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Shri_award_recipients_(2000%E2%80%932009)" title="List of Padma Shri award recipients (2000–2009)">2000s</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grigoriy_Lvovitch_Bondarevsky" title="Grigoriy Lvovitch Bondarevsky">Grigoriy Lvovitch Bondarevsky</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._S._Chawngthu" title="P. S. Chawngthu">P. S. Chawngthu</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piloo_Nowshir_Jungalwalla" title="Piloo Nowshir Jungalwalla">Piloo Nowshir Jungalwalla</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandan_Mishra" title="Mandan Mishra">Mandan Mishra</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rehman_Rahi" title="Rehman Rahi">Rehman Rahi</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._P._Saxena" title="K. P. Saxena">K. P. Saxena</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nabaneeta_Dev_Sen" title="Nabaneeta Dev Sen">Nabaneeta Dev Sen</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elangbam_Nilakanta_Singh" title="Elangbam Nilakanta Singh">Elangbam Nilakanta Singh</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bala_V._Balachandran" title="Bala V. Balachandran">Bala V. Balachandran</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeelani_Bano" title="Jeelani Bano">Jeelani Bano</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manoj_Das" title="Manoj Das">Manoj Das</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Javare_Gowda" class="mw-redirect" title="Javare Gowda">Javare Gowda</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandrashekhara_Kambara" title="Chandrashekhara Kambara">Chandrashekhara Kambara</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gnanananda_Kavi" title="Gnanananda Kavi">Gnanananda Kavi</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumar_Ketkar" title="Kumar Ketkar">Kumar Ketkar</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravindra_Kumar_(political_scientist)" title="Ravindra Kumar (political scientist)">Ravindra Kumar</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalidas_Gupta_Riza" title="Kalidas Gupta Riza">Kalidas Gupta Riza</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padma_Sachdev" title="Padma Sachdev">Padma Sachdev</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhabendra_Nath_Saikia" title="Bhabendra Nath Saikia">Bhabendra Nath Saikia</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vachnesh_Tripathi" title="Vachnesh Tripathi">Vachnesh Tripathi</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munirathna_Anandakrishnan" title="Munirathna Anandakrishnan">Munirathna Anandakrishnan</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gopal_Chhotray" title="Gopal Chhotray">Gopal Chhotray</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gyan_Chand_Jain" title="Gyan Chand Jain">Gyan Chand Jain</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhu_Mangesh_Karnik" title="Madhu Mangesh Karnik">Madhu Mangesh Karnik</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Ramchandra_Kelkar" title="Ashok Ramchandra Kelkar">Ashok Ramchandra Kelkar</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._K._Madhavan_Kutty" title="V. K. Madhavan Kutty">V. K. Madhavan Kutty</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turlapaty_Kutumba_Rao" title="Turlapaty Kutumba Rao">Turlapaty Kutumba Rao</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Yang-shik" title="Kim Yang-shik">Kim Yang-shik</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manzoor_Ahtesham" title="Manzoor Ahtesham">Manzoor Ahtesham</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagdish_Chaturvedi_(writer)" title="Jagdish Chaturvedi (writer)">Jagdish Chaturvedi</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motilal_Jotwani" title="Motilal Jotwani">Motilal Jotwani</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yarlagadda_Lakshmi_Prasad" title="Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad">Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tekkatte_Narayan_Shanbhag" title="Tekkatte Narayan Shanbhag">Tekkatte Narayan Shanbhag</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shailendra_Nath_Shrivastava" title="Shailendra Nath Shrivastava">Shailendra Nath Shrivastava</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pritam_Singh_(Uttarakhand_politician)" title="Pritam Singh (Uttarakhand politician)">Pritam Singh</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vairamuthu" title="Vairamuthu">Vairamuthu</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamlet_Bareh" title="Hamlet Bareh">Hamlet Bareh</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumarpal_Desai" title="Kumarpal Desai">Kumarpal Desai</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tatyana_Elizarenkova" title="Tatyana Elizarenkova">Tatyana Elizarenkova</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anil_Kumar_Gupta" title="Anil Kumar Gupta">Anil Kumar Gupta</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gowri_Ishwaran" title="Gowri Ishwaran">Gowri Ishwaran</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leeladhar_Jagudi" title="Leeladhar Jagudi">Leeladhar Jagudi</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunita_Jain" title="Sunita Jain">Sunita Jain</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prithvi_Nath_Kaula" title="Prithvi Nath Kaula">Prithvi Nath Kaula</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayyappa_Paniker" title="Ayyappa Paniker">Ayyappa Paniker</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._Parameswaran" title="P. Parameswaran">P. Parameswaran</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bal_Samant" title="Bal Samant">Bal Samant</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanhaiyalal_Sethia" title="Kanhaiyalal Sethia">Kanhaiyalal Sethia</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramesh_Chandra_Shah" title="Ramesh Chandra Shah">Ramesh Chandra Shah</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heinrich_von_Stietencron" title="Heinrich von Stietencron">Heinrich von Stietencron</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudhir_Tailang" title="Sudhir Tailang">Sudhir Tailang</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dalip_Kaur_Tiwana" title="Dalip Kaur Tiwana">Dalip Kaur Tiwana</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amiya_Kumar_Bagchi" title="Amiya Kumar Bagchi">Amiya Kumar Bagchi</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shobhana_Bhartia" title="Shobhana Bhartia">Shobhana Bhartia</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manas_Chaudhuri" title="Manas Chaudhuri">Manas Chaudhuri</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darchhawna" title="Darchhawna">Darchhawna</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._S._Grewal" title="J. S. Grewal">J. S. Grewal</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amin_Kamil" title="Amin Kamil">Amin Kamil</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gadul_Singh_Lama" title="Gadul Singh Lama">Gadul Singh Lama</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mammen_Mathew" title="Mammen Mathew">Mammen Mathew</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._B._Mujumdar" title="S. B. Mujumdar">S. B. Mujumdar</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bilat_Paswan_Vihangam" title="Bilat Paswan Vihangam">Bilat Paswan Vihangam</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajeet_Cour" title="Ajeet Cour">Ajeet Cour</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sucheta_Dalal" title="Sucheta Dalal">Sucheta Dalal</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laltluangliana_Khiangte" title="Laltluangliana Khiangte">Laltluangliana Khiangte</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lothar_Lutze" title="Lothar Lutze">Lothar Lutze</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mrinal_Pande" title="Mrinal Pande">Mrinal Pande</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugathakumari" title="Sugathakumari">Sugathakumari</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sitanshu_Yashaschandra" title="Sitanshu Yashaschandra">Sitanshu Yashaschandra</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tems%C3%BCla_Ao" title="Temsüla Ao">Temsüla Ao</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijaydan_Detha" title="Vijaydan Detha">Vijaydan Detha</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bakul_Harshadrai_Dholakia" title="Bakul Harshadrai Dholakia">Bakul Harshadrai Dholakia</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amitav_Ghosh" title="Amitav Ghosh">Amitav Ghosh</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meenakshi_Gopinath" title="Meenakshi Gopinath">Meenakshi Gopinath</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giriraj_Kishore_(writer)" title="Giriraj Kishore (writer)">Giriraj Kishore</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shekhar_Pathak" title="Shekhar Pathak">Shekhar Pathak</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pratibha_Ray" title="Pratibha Ray">Pratibha Ray</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rostislav_Rybakov" title="Rostislav Rybakov">Rostislav Rybakov</a> (2007)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Vikram Seth</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaali_(poet)" title="Vaali (poet)">Vaali</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sivanthi_Adithan" title="Sivanthi Adithan">Sivanthi Adithan</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bina_Agarwal" title="Bina Agarwal">Bina Agarwal</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vellayani_Arjunan" title="Vellayani Arjunan">Vellayani Arjunan</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nirupam_Bajpai" title="Nirupam Bajpai">Nirupam Bajpai</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surjya_Kanta_Hazarika" title="Surjya Kanta Hazarika">Surjya Kanta Hazarika</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinod_Dua" title="Vinod Dua">Vinod Dua</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Leelavathy" title="M. Leelavathy">M. Leelavathy</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amitabh_Mattoo" title="Amitabh Mattoo">Amitabh Mattoo</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bholabhai_Patel" title="Bholabhai Patel">Bholabhai Patel</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajdeep_Sardesai" title="Rajdeep Sardesai">Rajdeep Sardesai</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sukhadeo_Thorat" title="Sukhadeo Thorat">Sukhadeo Thorat</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Srinibash_Udgata" title="Srinibash Udgata">Srinibash Udgata</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suresh_Gundu_Amonkar" class="mw-redirect" title="Suresh Gundu Amonkar">Suresh Gundu Amonkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abhay_Chhajlani" title="Abhay Chhajlani">Abhay Chhajlani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birendra_Nath_Datta" title="Birendra Nath Datta">Birendra Nath Datta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shashi_Deshpande" title="Shashi Deshpande">Shashi Deshpande</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bannanje_Govindacharya" title="Bannanje Govindacharya">Bannanje Govindacharya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panchapakesa_Jayaraman" title="Panchapakesa Jayaraman">Panchapakesa Jayaraman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mathoor_Krishnamurty" title="Mathoor Krishnamurty">Mathoor Krishnamurty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayanta_Mahapatra" title="Jayanta Mahapatra">Jayanta Mahapatra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laxman_Mane" title="Laxman Mane">Laxman Mane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Ralston_Marr" title="John Ralston Marr">John Ralston Marr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alok_Mehta" title="Alok Mehta">Alok Mehta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._Sankara_Reddy" title="A. Sankara Reddy">A. Sankara Reddy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lalthangfala_Sailo" title="Lalthangfala Sailo">Lalthangfala Sailo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ngawang_Samten" title="Ngawang Samten">Ngawang Samten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranbir_Chander_Sobti" title="Ranbir Chander Sobti">Ranbir Chander Sobti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Shankar_Tripathi" title="Ram Shankar Tripathi">Ram Shankar Tripathi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Shri_award_recipients_(2010%E2%80%932019)" title="List of Padma Shri award recipients (2010–2019)">2010s</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lalzuia_Colney" title="Lalzuia Colney">Lalzuia Colney</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Aurora_Couto" title="Maria Aurora Couto">Maria Aurora Couto</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romuald_D%27Souza" title="Romuald D'Souza">Romuald D'Souza</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bertha_Gyndykes_Dkhar" title="Bertha Gyndykes Dkhar">Bertha Gyndykes Dkhar</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surendra_Dubey" title="Surendra Dubey">Surendra Dubey</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadiq-ur-Rahman_Kidwai" title="Sadiq-ur-Rahman Kidwai">Sadiq-ur-Rahman Kidwai</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermann_Kulke" title="Hermann Kulke">Hermann Kulke</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramaranjan_Mukherji" title="Ramaranjan Mukherji">Ramaranjan Mukherji</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Govind_Chandra_Pande" title="Govind Chandra Pande">Govind Chandra Pande</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mrs_YGP" title="Mrs YGP">Mrs YGP</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheldon_Pollock" title="Sheldon Pollock">Sheldon Pollock</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arun_Sarma" title="Arun Sarma">Arun Sarma</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jitendra_Udhampuri" title="Jitendra Udhampuri">Jitendra Udhampuri</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granville_Austin" title="Granville Austin">Granville Austin</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahim_Bora" title="Mahim Bora">Mahim Bora</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urvashi_Butalia" title="Urvashi Butalia">Urvashi Butalia</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pullella_Sriramachandrudu" title="Pullella Sriramachandrudu">Pullella Sriramachandrudu</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mamang_Dai" title="Mamang Dai">Mamang Dai</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pravin_Darji" title="Pravin Darji">Pravin Darji</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandra_Prakash_Deval" title="Chandra Prakash Deval">Chandra Prakash Deval</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deviprasad_Dwivedi" title="Deviprasad Dwivedi">Deviprasad Dwivedi</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balraj_Komal" title="Balraj Komal">Balraj Komal</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna_Kumar_(educationist)" title="Krishna Kumar (educationist)">Krishna Kumar</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajni_Kumar" title="Rajni Kumar">Rajni Kumar</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devanur_Mahadeva" title="Devanur Mahadeva">Devanur Mahadeva</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barun_Mazumder" title="Barun Mazumder">Barun Mazumder</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ritu_Menon" title="Ritu Menon">Ritu Menon</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avvai_Natarajan" title="Avvai Natarajan">Avvai Natarajan</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhalchandra_Nemade" title="Bhalchandra Nemade">Bhalchandra Nemade</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Harrington_Potter" title="Karl Harrington Potter">Karl Harrington Potter</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koneru_Ramakrishna_Rao" title="Koneru Ramakrishna Rao">Koneru Ramakrishna Rao</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devi_Dutt_Sharma" title="Devi Dutt Sharma">Devi Dutt Sharma</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nilamber_Dev_Sharma" title="Nilamber Dev Sharma">Nilamber Dev Sharma</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geeta_Dharmarajan" title="Geeta Dharmarajan">Geeta Dharmarajan</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eberhard_Fischer_(art_historian)" title="Eberhard Fischer (art historian)">Eberhard Fischer</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kedar_Gurung" title="Kedar Gurung">Kedar Gurung</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surjit_Patar" title="Surjit Patar">Surjit Patar</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sachchidanand_Sahai" title="Sachchidanand Sahai">Sachchidanand Sahai</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allan_Sealy" title="Allan Sealy">Allan Sealy</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pepita_Seth" title="Pepita Seth">Pepita Seth</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Dutt_Shridhar" title="Vijay Dutt Shridhar">Vijay Dutt Shridhar</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralte_L._Thanmawia" title="Ralte L. Thanmawia">Ralte L. Thanmawia</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anvita_Abbi" title="Anvita Abbi">Anvita Abbi</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nida_Fazli" title="Nida Fazli">Nida Fazli</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radhika_Herzberger" title="Radhika Herzberger">Radhika Herzberger</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noboru_Karashima" title="Noboru Karashima">Noboru Karashima</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salik_Lucknawi" title="Salik Lucknawi">Salik Lucknawi</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Malsawma" title="J. Malsawma">J. Malsawma</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devendra_Patel" title="Devendra Patel">Devendra Patel</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Pinney" title="Christopher Pinney">Christopher Pinney</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Sharaf-e-Alam" title="Mohammad Sharaf-e-Alam">Mohammad Sharaf-e-Alam</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rama_Kant_Shukla" title="Rama Kant Shukla">Rama Kant Shukla</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagdish_Prasad_Singh" title="Jagdish Prasad Singh">Jagdish Prasad Singh</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akhtarul_Wasey" title="Akhtarul Wasey">Akhtarul Wasey</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naheed_Abidi" title="Naheed Abidi">Naheed Abidi</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Chakradhar" title="Ashok Chakradhar">Ashok Chakradhar</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keki_N._Daruwalla" title="Keki N. Daruwalla">Keki N. Daruwalla</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._N._Devy" title="G. N. Devy">G. N. Devy</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolakaluri_Enoch" title="Kolakaluri Enoch">Kolakaluri Enoch</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ved_Kumari_Ghai" title="Ved Kumari Ghai">Ved Kumari Ghai</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manorama_Jafa" title="Manorama Jafa">Manorama Jafa</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rehana_Khatoon" title="Rehana Khatoon">Rehana Khatoon</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._Kilemsungla" title="P. Kilemsungla">P. Kilemsungla</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sengaku_Mayeda" title="Sengaku Mayeda">Sengaku Mayeda</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waikhom_Gojen_Meitei" title="Waikhom Gojen Meitei">Waikhom Gojen Meitei</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishnunarayanan_Namboothiri" title="Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri">Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Singh_(academic)" title="Dinesh Singh (academic)">Dinesh Singh</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huang_Baosheng" title="Huang Baosheng">Huang Baosheng</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bettina_B%C3%A4umer" title="Bettina Bäumer">Bettina Bäumer</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshmi_Nandan_Bora" title="Lakshmi Nandan Bora">Lakshmi Nandan Bora</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Claude_Carri%C3%A8re" title="Jean-Claude Carrière">Jean-Claude Carrière</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gyan_Chaturvedi" title="Gyan Chaturvedi">Gyan Chaturvedi</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raj_Chetty" title="Raj Chetty">Raj Chetty</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bibek_Debroy" title="Bibek Debroy">Bibek Debroy</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Gulati" title="Ashok Gulati">Ashok Gulati</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_L._Hart" title="George L. Hart">George L. Hart</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunil_Jogi" title="Sunil Jogi">Sunil Jogi</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Usha_Kiran_Khan" title="Usha Kiran Khan">Usha Kiran Khan</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narayana_Purushothama_Mallaya" title="Narayana Purushothama Mallaya">Narayana Purushothama Mallaya</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lambert_Mascarenhas" title="Lambert Mascarenhas">Lambert Mascarenhas</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taarak_Mehta" class="mw-redirect" title="Taarak Mehta">Taarak Mehta</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Bahadur_Rai" title="Ram Bahadur Rai">Ram Bahadur Rai</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._S._Rajput" title="J. S. Rajput">J. S. Rajput</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bimal_Kumar_Roy" title="Bimal Kumar Roy">Bimal Kumar Roy</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annette_Schmiedchen" title="Annette Schmiedchen">Annette Schmiedchen</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunvant_Shah" title="Gunvant Shah">Gunvant Shah</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brahmdev_Sharma" title="Brahmdev Sharma">Brahmdev Sharma</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhirendra_Nath_Bezbaruah" title="Dhirendra Nath Bezbaruah">Dhirendra Nath Bezbaruah</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._L._Bhyrappa" title="S. L. Bhyrappa">S. L. Bhyrappa</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kameshwar_Brahma" title="Kameshwar Brahma">Kameshwar Brahma</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jawahar_Lal_Kaul" title="Jawahar Lal Kaul">Jawahar Lal Kaul</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sal_Khan" title="Sal Khan">Sal Khan</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Malik" title="Ashok Malik">Ashok Malik</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haldhar_Nag" title="Haldhar Nag">Haldhar Nag</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pushpesh_Pant" title="Pushpesh Pant">Pushpesh Pant</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dahyabhai_Shastri" title="Dahyabhai Shastri">Dahyabhai Shastri</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prahlad_Chandra_Tasa" title="Prahlad Chandra Tasa">Prahlad Chandra Tasa</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anant_Agarwal" title="Anant Agarwal">Anant Agarwal</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eli_Ahmed" title="Eli Ahmed">Eli Ahmed</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michel_Danino" title="Michel Danino">Michel Danino</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Kohli" title="Narendra Kohli">Narendra Kohli</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akkitham_Achuthan_Namboothiri" title="Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri">Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._N._Pandita" title="K. N. Pandita">Kashi Nath Pandita</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishnu_Pandya" title="Vishnu Pandya">Vishnu Pandya</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._G._Patel" title="V. G. Patel">V. G. Patel</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=H.R._Shah&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="H.R. Shah (page does not exist)">H.R. Shah</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chamu_Krishna_Shastry" title="Chamu Krishna Shastry">Chamu Krishna Shastry</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhawana_Somaaya" title="Bhawana Somaaya">Bhawana Somaaya</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punam_Suri" title="Punam Suri">Punam Suri</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harihar_Kripalu_Tripathi" title="Harihar Kripalu Tripathi">Harihar Kripalu Tripathi</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._Venkatasubbiah" title="G. Venkatasubbiah">G. Venkatasubbiah</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prafulla_Govinda_Baruah" title="Prafulla Govinda Baruah">Prafulla Govinda Baruah</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shyamlal_Chaturvedi" title="Shyamlal Chaturvedi">Shyamlal Chaturvedi</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arup_Kumar_Dutta" title="Arup Kumar Dutta">Arup Kumar Dutta</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arvind_Gupta" title="Arvind Gupta">Arvind Gupta</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digamber_Hansda" title="Digamber Hansda">Digamber Hansda</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anwar_Jalalpuri" title="Anwar Jalalpuri">Anwar Jalalpuri</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piyong_Temjen_Jamir" title="Piyong Temjen Jamir">Piyong Temjen Jamir</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joyasree_Goswami_Mahanta" title="Joyasree Goswami Mahanta">Joyasree Goswami Mahanta</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zaverilal_Mehta" title="Zaverilal Mehta">Zaverilal Mehta</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tomio_Mizokami" title="Tomio Mizokami">Tomio Mizokami</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Habibullo_Rajabov" title="Habibullo Rajabov">Habibullo Rajabov</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vagish_Shastri" title="Vagish Shastri">Vagish Shastri</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maharao_Raghuveer_Singh" title="Maharao Raghuveer Singh">Maharao Raghuveer Singh</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Zakia" class="mw-redirect" title="A Zakia">A Zakia</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narsingh_Dev_Jamwal" title="Narsingh Dev Jamwal">Narsingh Dev Jamwal</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagindas_Sanghavi" title="Nagindas Sanghavi">Nagindas Sanghavi</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Hanif_Khan_Shastri" title="Mohammed Hanif Khan Shastri">Mohammed Hanif Khan Shastri</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devendra_Swarup" title="Devendra Swarup">Devendra Swarup</a> (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Shri_award_recipients_(2020%E2%80%932029)" title="List of Padma Shri award recipients (2020–2029)">2020s</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abhiraj_Rajendra_Mishra" title="Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra">Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Binapani_Mohanty" title="Binapani Mohanty">Binapani Mohanty</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damayanti_Beshra" title="Damayanti Beshra">Damayanti Beshra</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._M._Desai" title="H. 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