It revolves around the Jasmine Revolution that sprang up in December 2010 and was quelled by January 2011. "Jasmine Days", his second book, tells the story of a young woman in a city where the promise of revolution turns into destruction and division. "Jasmine Days" beat four shortlisted works - "Half the Night is Gone" (Amitabha Bagchi), "All the Lives We Never Lived" (Anuradha Roy), "Latitudes of Longing" (Shubhangi Swarup) and "Poonachi" (Perumal Murugan).īenyamin debuted with "Aadujeevitham" (Goat Days) that won him the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award. Habib received an additional prize of Rs 5 lakh.
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