Rana Dasgupta's literary portrait of Delhi shortlisted for Orwell Prize

Author Rana Dasgupta's literary portrait of Delhi Capital is among six books shortlisted for the George Orwell Prize for political writing 2015.

The book is the third work of fiction by Dasgupta who had previously won the 2010 Commonwealth prize for his work Solo.

In the shortlisted book, Dasgupta explores life-changing consequences for Delhi's people, meeting with billionaires and bureaucrats, drug dealers and metal traders, slum dwellers and psychoanalysts.

The 43-year-old British-Indian author who was born in the UK has been living in Delhi for the past 15 years, ever since he moved here from New York in the year 2000.

The Orwell Prize worth £3000 pounds, named in memory of the British journalist, novelist and essayist George Orwell is scheduled to be announced on May 21.

Other shortlisted books include Hack Attack by Nick Davies, In Plain Sight by Dan Davies, Modernity Britain by David Kynaston, Private Island: Why Britain Now Belongs to Someone Else, James Meek and The People's Republic of Amnesia by Louisa Lim.