secular rethink

The bi-lingual essay competition was held in collaboration with the Indian Express and attracted as many as 600 entries from across India. CfP and the Indian Express plan to make this an annual competition.At the prize distribution function, the two prize winning essays (Hindi and English) will be read out, and there will be a discussion among some of the judges and organizers about some of the issues the contest raised. CfP will also release a booklet that contains the shortlisted essays in both languages, as well as excerpts from several other entries.
The judges were:(English)
Anu Aga
Nalini Malani
Sudheendra Kulkarni
Ramachandra Guha
Samar Harlankar, Resident Editor, Indian Express
Dilip D'Souza
(Hindi)
Anjum Rajabali
Ashutosh Gowarikar
Shikha Trivedi
Tarun Vijay
Kumar Ketkar, Editor, Loksatta
Rajni Bakshi
Third prizes go to: (English) Uma Mahadevan-Dasgupta, Bombay
(Hindi) Chandan Kumar Srivastava, New Delhi
Second prizes:(English) LH Naqvi, New Delhi
(Hindi) Pratibha Misra, Varanasi
Winners:(English) Shashi Warrier, Coimbatore
(Hindi) Bhanwar Meghwanshi,