In the following question, a short passage is given with one of the lines in the passage missing and represented by a blank. Select the best out of the five answer choices given, to make the passage complete and coherent.
The Booker Prize or any big award so to speak has done precious little to improve the Indian readership rather than creating momentary interest in the work or the author. There are some who attain permanent celebrity status based on the laurels of the award. This award-obsessed culture is a trap to jettison conversation about reading and writing and further drown us in the cult of the celebrity, a permanent fetish. ____________________. His or her writing becomes secondary and gradually of marginal interest.
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This is a major limitation that we have to find ways to address.
2
While that is surely welcome, it should not hold our imagination hostage to foreign awards and juries.
3
Like every year, the Booker Prize shortlist has garnered a lot of attention in India.
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There are several awards in various Indian languages which regularly honour and recognise literary talent.
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We refuse to look beyond the individual.