New Delhi, Oct. 9 -- The Nobel season is already here and on Thursday, the Nobel Prize in Literature will be awarded to the best writer of this year. As excitement grows over the prestigious prize, the literary world is closely watching and making bets on their favourites.

The Swedish Academy on Thursday will reveal the name of the new Nobel laureate in literature, putting an end to speculations among readers and experts alike.

In 1913, Rabindranath Tagore became the first and only Indian to win Nobel Prize in Literature for Gitanjali. He has held the title for 112 years. Now, after over a century, another Indian novelist is being touted among the frontrunners of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2025.

Amitav Ghosh, a Bengali like Tagore, ...