India, Aug. 14 -- Balbir Parwana and Bhagwant Rasulpuri, both from Jalandhar, and Mudassar Bashir of Lahore have been shortlisted as the 2025 finalists of the Dhahan Prize for Punjabi Literature.

The finalists of the international literary award that recognises excellence in Punjabi fiction were announced on Wednesday in Surrey by the Canada India Education Society and the University of British Columbia. The stage is now set for one best book of Punjabi fiction to receive $25,000 on November 13, along with two finalist awards of $10,000 each. An additional $6,000 is granted for the transliteration of winning books into Gurmukhi or Shahmukhi.

This year, the Prize received 55 eligible submissions from India, Canada, Pakistan, Australia, t...