Amit Verma, a columnist with The Hindu BusinessLine’sBLink , has been shortlisted for the 2015 Bastiat Prize for Journalism. The prize, given by the Los Angeles-based Reason Foundation, honours the efforts of “journalists who are advancing the principles of free minds and free markets by educating their readers about individual liberty, free markets, and the rule of law.” Mumbai-based Verma also blogs at indiauncut.com and has won the Bastiat prize previously in 2007. In Lighthouse , his column in BLink , Verma dissects the dynamics of a free market and the evolving role of the consumer in it. Verma is shortlisted for the prize along with four journalists from the US and one from the UK. The winner will be announced on November 10 in New York City.
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