![The intrepid Abhilash and GGR 2022-Part IV The intrepid Abhilash and GGR 2022-Part IV](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-04/1_27.jpg?itok=OiQwTTEc)
Bangladeshi author Shaheen Akhtar has been awarded the 3rd Asian Literary Award for her novel Talaash (Mowla Brothers, 2009), which depicts the lasting suffering of Birangona women—survivors of sexual violence during the 1971 Bangladesh liberation war