2025 Winners

Eastern Eye Award for Arts

WINNER: The Imaginary Institution of India, Shanay Jhaveri, Head of Visual Arts, Barbican Centre

From left: Osman Yousefzada; Ali Mirza, Deputy CEO, Barbican and Mahesh Liloriya, Global Head of Strategic Partnerships, Asian Media Group.

Shanay Jhaveri could not be at the event. Ali Mirza, Deputy CEO at the Barbican, collected the award on his behalf.

Eastern Eye Award for Dance

WINNER: Aakash Odedra and Rani Khanam for Songs of the Bulbul.

From left: Dr Mattur Nandakumara, Aakash Odedra and Sona Datta.

Eastern Eye Award for Fiction

WINNER: Cauvery Madhavan for The Inheritance

Barry Gardiner MP and Cauvery Madhavan

Eastern Eye Award for Non-Fiction

WINNER: Neil Basu for Turmoil: 30 Years of Policing, Politics and Prejudice

From left: Her Honour Judge Kaly Kaul KC, Neil Basu and Prof Swati Dingra, member of the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee.

Eastern Eye Award for History

WINNER: Professor Nandini Das, for Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire.

From left: Professor Nandini Das, Her Excellency Nimisha Madhvani High Commissioner of Uganda and Her Honour Judge Anuja Dhir

Eastern Eye Award for Crime Fiction

WINNER: Ram Murali for Death in the Air

From left: Vaseem Khan, Ram Murali and Neil Basu

Eastern Eye Award for Best Presenter

WINNER: Reeta Chakrabarti

Reeta Chakrabarti and Lord Rumi Verjee

Eastern Eye Award for Best Director

WINNER: Adam Karim for ‘Guards At The Taj’

Adam Karim and Farzana Baduel, Co-founder and CEO of Curzon PR

Eastern Eye Award for Best Scriptwriter

WINNER: A. A. Dhand for Virdee

Kulvinder Ghir and Paul Tribits, Executive Director of Virdee

AA Dhand could not be at the event. Paul Tribits, Executive Director of Virdee, collected the award on his behalf.