Kolkata, Oct 9 (PTI) Kolkata on Thursday said that Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh missing the Nobel Prize for literature should not be considered a let down, and millions of people will continue to enjoy his books.

Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai, whose philosophical, bleakly funny novels often unfold in single sentences, won the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for his “compelling and visionary oeuvre.

Ghosh, one of the most celebrated Indian writers in English, was being touted as a frontrunner to win the coveted prize in 2025, 112 years after Rabindranath Tagore won it in literature.

"We were all looking forward to Amitav Ghosh getting the Nobel second time after Tagore. His writings have always focused on the battle of the people in search of livelihood and succour over centur

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