2nd Rainbow Awards

2nd Rainbow Awards
2nd Rainbow Awards
Date	December 2024
Venue	Rainbow Lit Fest, Gulmohar Park, New Delhi
Country	India
Presented by	Dwijen Dinanath Arts Foundation
Website	therainbowawards.in
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The 2nd Rainbow Awards ceremony is to be held at Rainbow Lit Fest, Gulmohar Park, New Delhi in December 2024. It intends to celebrate the work published between 1 June 2023 and 31 May 2024.^[1]^[2]

Jury

The nine-member jury, composed of the following members will evaluate the submissions and decide on the award winners.^[2]

Parvati Sharma, writer
Poonam Saxena, journalist, writer and translator
Niladri R. Chatterjee: Professor
Dhamini Ratnam, journalist and editor
Ashlin Mathew, journalist
Aroh Akunth, founder of Dalit Queer Project
Sindhu Rajasekaran, author, filmmaker and academic
Sayantan Datta, journalist and Assistant Professor

Winners and nominees

Lifetime Achievement Award

Minakshi Sanyal, a cofounder of the nonprofit Sappho for Equality. The organization focuses on queer issues and is located in Kolkata.^[3]^[4]

Literature

Fiction of the Year Cockatoo by Yashraj Goswami A House of Rain and Snow by Maharghya Chakraborty; trans. Srijato Bandopodhyay Mahmud and Ayaz by R. Raj Rao	Non-fiction of the Year The Grammar of My Body by Abhishek Anicca Mental Health Journey: Untold Stories of People from the Northeast of India, ed. Kumam Davidson Singh The Yellow Sparrow by Santa Khurai

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Journalism

Feature of the Year "Everyone Accepts Me The Way I Am" by Smitha Tumuluru	Op-Ed of the Year "Where do the quiet gays go?" by Shruti Sunderraman

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References

↑ "Festivals and awards that celebrate queer culture across India". The Economic Times. 22 May 2024.
1 2 "The Rainbow Awards". The Rainbow Awards. Archived from the original on 14 June 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
1 2 3 "2024". Rainbow Awards. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
↑ Ahmad, Areeb (23 January 2025). "Report: The Rainbow Literature Festival 2024". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
↑ "A Look at the 2024 Rainbow Awards for Literature Shortlist". Platform Magazine. 6 November 2024. Retrieved 2026-03-19.

[1] "Festivals and awards that celebrate queer culture across India". The Economic Times. 22 May 2024.

[official_website-2] 1 2 "The Rainbow Awards". The Rainbow Awards. Archived from the original on 14 June 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.

[:0-3] 1 2 3 "2024". Rainbow Awards. Retrieved 2026-03-19.

[4] Ahmad, Areeb (23 January 2025). "Report: The Rainbow Literature Festival 2024". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2026-03-19.

[5] "A Look at the 2024 Rainbow Awards for Literature Shortlist". Platform Magazine. 6 November 2024. Retrieved 2026-03-19.

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