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MEGHNA PANT

Author | SCREENWRITER | Journalist | Speaker

THE INDIAN PUBLISHING PLAYBOOK

Khaleej Times

Pant is now a part of the gifted population of Indian writers penning a runaway success story with her rich prose.

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AWARDS

  1. Shakti Award (2025) – Winner

  2. STP 40 OVER 40 (2024) – Winner

  3. PVLF Author Excellence Awards (2024) – Shortlist

  4. Laadli Media Award (2023) – Winner

  5. Oxford Book Cover Prize (2022) – Longlist

  6. Society Achievers Award (2022) – Winner

  7. UNIMO Rangoli Award (2022) – Winner

  8. FICCI ‘Young Achiever’s Award’ (2019) – Winner

  9. The Lifestyle Journalist ‘Women Achiever’s Award’ (2019) – Winner

  10. Laadli Media Award (2018) – Winner

  11. Commonwealth Short Story Prize (2018) – Longlist

  12. Bharat Nirman Award (2017) – Winner

  13. FON (Fellows of Nature) South Asia Short Story Award (2016) – Winner

  14. Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award (2014) – Longlist

  15. Muse India Young Writer Award (2013) – Winner

  16. Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award (2012) – Shortlist

  17. The Cinnamon Press Novel Writing Award (2012) – Shortlist

  18. Word Hustler's Literary Award (2012)

My Story

TESTIMONIALS

Khaleej Times

Pant is a part of the gifted population of Indian writers penning a runaway success story with her rich prose.

The Gulf News

Pant is elegiac–a testament to her emotional wisdom as a writer. Her sensitivity to the multidimensionality of the issues and her eye for the detail of social interactions result in intelligent, satisfying reads.

The Hindu Business Line

A skilled writer (who) uses (her) journalistic base to create convincing, sensitive fictional scenarios. 

The New Yorker

We enjoyed Pant’s raunchy satire of India’s cultural mores.

Business Standard

Meghna Pant’s mastery lies in her ability to hold the reader’s interest to the end.

Khaleej Times

Pant is a part of the gifted population of Indian writers penning a runaway success story with her rich prose.

The Gulf News

Pant is elegiac–a testament to her emotional wisdom as a writer. Her sensitivity to the multidimensionality of the issues and her eye for the detail of social interactions result in intelligent, satisfying reads.

The Hindu Business Line

A skilled writer (who) uses (her) journalistic base to create convincing, sensitive fictional scenarios. 

The New Yorker

We enjoyed Pant’s raunchy satire of India’s cultural mores.

Business Standard

Meghna Pant’s mastery lies in her ability to hold the reader’s interest to the end.

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