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5 days, 2 hours ago

Telugu writer Penugonda Lakshminarayana receives Central Sahitya Akademi award

Guntur: Renowned writer Penugonda Lakshminarayana has been awarded the prestigious Central Sahitya Akademi Award. On Wednesday, the Sahitya Akademi announced the winners of the Central Sahitya Akademi Awards for 21 Indian languages. A jury comprising eminent figures from various Indian languages meticulously evaluated numerous books and recommended the winners for this prestigious award. The Sahitya Akademi Executive Board, chaired by …

Telugu Award Sahitya Akademi Lakshminarayana

6 months ago

Sahitya Akademi-winning author Ramesh Karthik Nayak is the voice of the marginalised

The Hindu

Beyond the limitations and diktats of the urban middle-class imagination of literature, there lies an abundance of Indian vernacular literature that explores the neglected margins of our society. A representative of the Banjara tribe in Telangana, Ramesh Karthik Nayak, 26, is one such voice. Nayak is the youngest and the first Telugu author to be honoured with the prestigious Sahitya …

Telugu Nayak Banjara Banjari Sahitya Akademi

6 months, 1 week ago

Bengali poet from Assam Sutapa Chakraborty wins Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar

Hindustan Times

Bengali poet from Assam Sutapa Chakraborty has won the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar for her collection of poems ‘Deraje Halud Ful, Gatajanma’. A student of Bengali literature who completed her master’s and PhD from Assam University, Chakraborty said that ‘Deraje Halud Ful’ is her third book which was published by Kolkata-based Adam Publication in 2022. Senior educationist and former Sahitya …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Ruskin Bond awarded Sahitya Akademi Fellowship

The Hindu

Eminent author Ruskin Bond has been awarded the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, the highest honour given by the literary organisation. Due to his ill health, the honour was given to him by Sahitya Akademi president Madhav Kaushik and Sahitya Akademi secretary K. Sreenivasarao, at his Mussoorie home, an official release said. Bond did a small role in the 2011 film 7 …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Writer cites ‘interference’ to quit Sahitya Akademi

Hindustan Times

Prominent novelist C Radhakrishnan resigned as eminent member of the Sahitya Akademi on Monday citing “political interference” and disappointment over the body’s decision to invite union minister Arjun Ram Meghwal to the inauguration of its “festival of letters” on March 11. The Sahitya Akademi president Madhav Kaushik however responded to Radhakrishnan’s allegations, calling them misleading, and pointed to Meghwal’s work …

Radhakrishnan Meghwal Sahitya Akademi Cites Interference

9 months, 2 weeks ago

5 events you shouldn’t miss this week

Live Mint

International Films in Focus The fifth edition of the Habitat International Film Festival will showcase 60 films from over 30 countries, with Germany being the country of focus. Dishes from the Winter Black Truffle Menu at JW Marriot Bengaluru A black truffle extravaganza JW Marriot Bengaluru is hosting a 10-day festival celebrating the rare, decadent Winter Black Truffle, at its …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Tamil writer Devibharathi on his Sahitya Akademi Award-winning novel

The Hindu

Udayampalayam’s nights were meant for stories. Neervazhi Padooum is that story — of the people of Udayampalayam in Tiruppur district near Coimbatore, of Kaaru mama, of Devibharathi’s mother and father. “A writer’s job is to find out about lives he knows nothing of,” he says, stating examples of his political novel Natraj Maharaj and the deeply-researched Noyyal, which spans 100 …

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11 months, 4 weeks ago

Karnataka High Court Monthly Digest - October 2023

Live Law

Nominal Index: Bhimappa Gundappa Gadad And State of Karnataka. 2023 LiveLaw 418 Judgments/Orders Karnataka High Court Disapproves Government Case Title: Bhimappa Gundappa Gadad And State of Karnataka Case No: WRIT PETITION NO. 20404 OF 2023 Citation: 2023 LiveLaw 375 The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a public interest litigation seeking the removal of the names and photographs of Chief Minister …

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1 year ago

Sangam city’s Neelum Saran Gour bags Sahitya Akademi award 2023

Hindustan Times

Well known English writer from Sangam city and a former professor in the English department of Allahabad University Neelum Saran Gour has won the prestigious Sahitya Akademi award-2023 for her novel ‘Requiem in Raga Janki’. Neelum Saran Gour The winners of the 2023 Sahitya Akademi awards were announced late on Wednesday evening. The awards are given to writers in 24 …

English Work Award Her Work Allahabad Sahitya Akademi Gour

1 year ago

Neervazhi Padooum, a novel on community barbers of Kongu region wins Sahitya Akademi prize

The Hindu

Tamil writer Devibharathi’s novel Neervazhi Padooum, depicting the life of the Kudi Navithar, the community barbers in the Kongu region of Tamil Nadu, has won the Sahitya Akademi award for 2023. The lines Neervazhi Padooum “punaipol aaruyir muraivazhi padoom” translates to a float that sails on the way of the water, indicating that life travels on the path chalked out …

Devibharathi Sahitya Akademi Kongu Region Kongu Neervazhi Padooum Kudi Navithar Kaaru Mama

1 year, 2 months ago

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: October 8 To October 15, 2023

Live Law

Nominal Index : M/s Chancery Pavilion And M/s Indian Performing Rights Society Ltd & Others.2023 LiveLaw 385 Sharada Hanamanth Walagad & ANR AND NIL. Thus, in such a situation, if the aspersions cast on the integrity of a public servant and an Investigating Officer under the Act harbours a view that an investigation is necessary, it would be in the …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Violative Of Child Labour Rules: Karnataka High Court Backs Sahitya Akademi's Job Offer Withdrawal To 15 Yr Old

Live Law

The Karnataka High Court has upheld the decision of the Sahitya Akademi to withdraw the job offer letter given to a minor aged about 15 years and 6 months at the time of his appointment. “The prohibition under the provisions of Rule 2B of the Child Labour Amendment Rules, 2017 is applicable to the case on hand and accordingly, the …

Age Kar Rule Appointment Respondents Petitioner 6 Months

1 year, 3 months ago

The Sahitya Akademi needs to get in tune with the times

The Hindu

With the 70-year-old institution caught in a time warp, it must become more accessible and less bureaucratic in order to survive. So I decide to ask writers and academics, only to learn that 20 years ago, Adil Jussawalla raised the same question in The Afternoon Despatch & Courier, in an article titled “What Does The Sahitya Akademi Do?” India’s national …

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1 year, 4 months ago

PROFILE | M.T. Vasudevan Nair at 90: Maverick maestro of words and frames

The Hindu

Published : Jul 26, 2023 16:37 IST - 10 MINS READ M.T. MT as scriptwriter and filmmaker MT entered the world of films in the mid-1960s when Malayalam cinema was on the cusp of change; it was struggling to find its own narrative styles and visual idiom, and surviving as a popular medium and industry. The notable films of this …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Western scientists derived benefits from ancient Sanskrit wisdom, says Governor

Deccan Chronicle

TIRUPATI: Highlighting the contributions of Sanskrit literature to global knowledge, Andhra Pradesh Governor S. Abdul Nazeer has noted that many western scientists and scholars derived immense benefits from the wisdom and inventions depicted in ancient Sanskrit literature and manuscripts. Addressing the valedictory session of the National Sanskrit Convention Samskrita Samunmesha, organised by the Kendreeya Sahitya Akademi and others, Abdul Nazeer …

Language Indian Tirupati Sanskrit Sahitya Akademi

1 year, 5 months ago

Slugfest after Sahitya Akademi books mark 2nd term of Kerala CM

Hindustan Times

A move by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi to highlight the second anniversary of the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left Democratic Front government in the form of a marker on the cover of around 30 odd books has attracted criticism from a section of writers and intellectuals. Kerala Sahitya Akademi highlighted the second anniversary of the Pinarayi Vijayan-led government in the form of …

Kerala Books Akademi Mark Sahitya Akademi Kerala Sahitya Akademi 2Nd Term

1 year, 6 months ago

Sahitya Akademi members to meet on June 23, oppose government’s intrusion in literary awards

Hindustan Times

Mumbai: The Union Ministry of Culture recently expressed its intent to change the process of nomination for the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award, given to writers in 24 languages, as well as its plan to consolidate awards bestowed upon writers for children and youth into a single category. Read: Madhav Kaushik is new president of National Sahitya Akademi A member of …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Samaresh Majumdar (1944-2023): Bengali literary colossus who captivated generations

The Hindu

Bengali literature bids farewell to an icon whose versatile storytelling and political vision left an indelible mark on the cultural landscape. Spanning over five decades,… — Mamata Banerjee May 9, 2023 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said: “We mourn the loss of Sahitya Akademi Award-winning Bengali litterateur, Samaresh Majumdar. Spanning over five decades, Majumdar’s literary career captured the essence …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Madhav Kaushik is new president of National Sahitya Akademi

Hindustan Times

Madhav Kaushik, a city-based writer and literary organiser, has been appointed as the president of the National Sahitya Akademi. Madhav Kaushik, new president of the National Sahitya Akademi. Two arrested with heroin Chandigarh Police’s district crime cell arrested two men after recovering a total 29.56 gm of heroin from them in separate incidents. Civil Services Cricket tourney begins Mohali Punjab …

Chandigarh Arrested Village Kaushik Sahitya Akademi National Sahitya Akademi Madhav Kaushik

1 year, 9 months ago

'Festival of Letters' begins with honouring 24 writers with Sahitya Akademi Award

The Hindu

Twenty-four writers across as many Indian languages were honoured with the Sahitya Akademi Award 2022, at the beginning of the 39th ‘Festival of Letters’ in Delhi on Saturday. Hindi author Badri Narayan and English writer Anuradha Roy were among those who received the prestigious literary award, at a ceremony held at Kamani Auditorium on the inaugural day of the literary …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi felicitates city authors

Hindustan Times

Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi held its annual award ceremony and felicitated senior city authors of Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu, Sanskrit and English on Saturday The five authors who were felicitated by Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi during its annual award ceremony on Saturday. The award of recognition was given to Sushma Alankar, Jaspal Singh, M Shakeel Khan, Kumar Sharma ‘Anil’ and Gul Chauhan on …

Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi

2 years ago

Sahitya Akademi releases winners’ list

Hindustan Times

Mumbai: The ‘Sahitya Akademi Award’ for 2022 will be given to Anuradha Roy for English Literature, Badri Narayan for Hindi Literature and Praveen Bandekar for Marathi Literature. HT Image Roy won the award for her novel, ‘All the Lives We Never Lived’, Bandekar secured the award for his novel ‘Ujavya Sondechya Bahulya’ and Narayan won this award for his poetry …

English Award Novel Bandekar Sahitya Akademi

2 years ago

Sahitya Akademi Awards announced, Anuradha Roy among 23 winners

The Hindu

Tamil author M. Rajendran, Telugu writer Madhuranthakam Narendra and Sanskrit Poet Janardan Prasad Pandey ‘Mani’ were among 23 litterateurs awarded the Sahitya Akademi Awards for 2022. The awards in 23 languages included seven books of poetry, six of novel, two of short stories, three dramas, two literary criticism and one each of autobiographical essays, collection of articles and literary history. …

Language Awards Award Sahitya Akademi Sahitya

2 years ago

Vetrimaaran to direct Imayam’s Sahitya Akademi-winning novel Sellatha Panam

The Hindu

Writer Imayam’s Sahitya Akademi award-winning novel Sellatha Panam, which holds a mirror to the Tamil society’s treatment of a woman, who married a man outside of her community, will be made into a film by acclaimed film director Vetrimaaran. Unlike Sahitya Akademi award which is being given to writers in all Indian languages every year, Kuvempu award is given to …

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Telugu writer Penugonda Lakshminarayana receives Central Sahitya Akademi award

Sahitya Akademi-winning author Ramesh Karthik Nayak is the voice of the marginalised

Bengali poet from Assam Sutapa Chakraborty wins Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar

Ruskin Bond awarded Sahitya Akademi Fellowship

Writer cites ‘interference’ to quit Sahitya Akademi

5 events you shouldn’t miss this week

Tamil writer Devibharathi on his Sahitya Akademi Award-winning novel

Karnataka High Court Monthly Digest - October 2023

Sangam city’s Neelum Saran Gour bags Sahitya Akademi award 2023

Neervazhi Padooum, a novel on community barbers of Kongu region wins Sahitya Akademi prize

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: October 8 To October 15, 2023

Violative Of Child Labour Rules: Karnataka High Court Backs Sahitya Akademi's Job Offer Withdrawal To 15 Yr Old

The Sahitya Akademi needs to get in tune with the times

PROFILE | M.T. Vasudevan Nair at 90: Maverick maestro of words and frames

Western scientists derived benefits from ancient Sanskrit wisdom, says Governor

Slugfest after Sahitya Akademi books mark 2nd term of Kerala CM

Sahitya Akademi members to meet on June 23, oppose government’s intrusion in literary awards

Samaresh Majumdar (1944-2023): Bengali literary colossus who captivated generations

Madhav Kaushik is new president of National Sahitya Akademi

'Festival of Letters' begins with honouring 24 writers with Sahitya Akademi Award

Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi felicitates city authors

Sahitya Akademi releases winners’ list

Sahitya Akademi Awards announced, Anuradha Roy among 23 winners

Vetrimaaran to direct Imayam’s Sahitya Akademi-winning novel Sellatha Panam