The following news is gathered from THE HINDU.I too didn't get more informaation about the novel.
"Shashi Deshpande, novelist and juror for the award, said the jury decision was unanimous.
Serious Men was an “original and surprising novel” that ventured into the unusual area of science and institutional research, Ms. Deshpande said.
The book was a “wonderful read” and the author had avoided literary gimmicks in a narrative style where “everything is subordinated to the telling of the story,” she said."
