BANGALORE: No doubt, Jhumpa Lahiri’s writings have touched millions of hearts with exceptional themes that address sensitive dilemmas in the lives of Indians or Indian immigrants. In fact, her recently written story on a young man's tryst with the Naxalite movement in Kolkata has been shortlisted for the prestigious 2014 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, which is UK's only annual book award for fiction written by a woman.

The book named 'The Lowland’ is among the six shortlisted books among the 20-strong long list. The short listing also boosts one of the previous Orange prize winner, one previously shortlisted author and three debut novelists.

Chair judge, Helen Fraser, described the shortlist as, "brilliant, original and gripping." Fraser called Lahiri's work "moving and vivid, an unforgettable story of two brothers and the different paths they take. A novel about how political passion can destroy lives."

The list of these six books emerged from 158 books in competition, and was judged and decided by a panel that includes classicist Mary Beard, Denise Mina, author Cailith Moran and BBC broadcaster Sophie Raworth.

Some of Jhumpa Lahiri’s other achievements are Interpreter of Maladies (1999), which won her the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction; and her first novel, The Namesake (2003), was adapted into a popular film of the same name. Lahiri is also a member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities, appointed by the U.S. President Barack Obama.
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