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Tag: Literature

Home Posts Tagged "Literature"
Sahitya Academy Awards-2015

Sahitya Academy Awards for 2015 announced

December 18, 2015Art & Culture, Awards & HonoursLiteratureShamika Dixit

Sahitya Academy has announced the names of 23 poets and authors who will be honored with 2015 Sahitya Akademi Award. This award has recognised premier…

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Sahitya Akademi Award

Indian Writers Are Returning Literary Awards to Protest Growing Religious Intolerance

October 19, 2015Art & Culture, Indian Politics, Social IssuesLiterature, Sahitya AkademiOmkar Sawant

Several writers in India returned awards from one of the country’s top literary institutions over the past week. This was done in a symbolic show…

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Jhumpa Lahiri

Indian American author Jhumpa Lahiri awarded with 2014 National Humanities Medal by White House

September 10, 2015Awards & HonoursLiteratureOmkar Sawant

India American short story writer and novelist Jhumpa Lahiri was awarded with the 2014 National Humanities Medal by the White House, United States.

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To the Brink and Back- India's 1991 Story

‘To the Brink and Back: India’s 1991 Story’ – Book by Jairam Ramesh Published

September 7, 2015Art & CultureLiteratureOmkar Sawant

‘To the Brink and Back: India’s 1991 Story’ – a book written by India’s former minister Jairam Ramesh, was published. The book gives the first hand account as it narrates the author’s observations when he was part of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) during first 90 days of the Narasimha Rao’s government.

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Making India Awesome

‘Making India Awesome’ written by Chetan Bhagat published

August 22, 2015Art & CultureLiteratureOmkar Sawant

One more book, by India’s biggest selling writer – Chetan Bhagat, titled ‘Making India Awesome’ was published by Rupa Publications.

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President Pranab Mukherjee presented ‘Saraswati Sammaan’ to Dr. M Veerappa Moily

August 11, 2015Awards & HonoursLiteratureOmkar Sawant

President of India, Pranab Mukherjee presented the 24th Saraswati Sammaan for the year 2014 to Dr. M Veerappa Moily, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) in New Delhi. He received the award for his epic Sri Ramayana Mahanveshanam written in Kannada.

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Hindi litterateur Kashinath Singh

Hindi litterateur Kashinath Singh chosen for Bharat Bharti literary award 2014

August 4, 2015Awards & HonoursLiteratureOmkar Sawant

Hindi litterateur Kashinath Singh was chosen for the Uttar Pradesh’s highest literary award Bharat Bharti for the year 2014.

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Pakistan Paradox-Instability and Resilience

The Pakistan Paradox written by Christrophe Jaffrelot

May 10, 2015Art & CultureLiterature, PakistanOmkar Sawant

‘Pakistan Paradox: Instability and Resilience’ by Christrophe Jaffrelot was published by Vintage Books on 15 April 2015. Christrophe Jaffrelot is Research Director at CNRS and teaches South Asian Politics and History at Sciences Po (Paris).

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pulitzerprize

New York Times won prestigious Pulitzer prizes for West Africa Ebola coverage

April 21, 2015Art & Culture, Awards & HonoursLiteratureOmkar Sawant

The New York Times on 20 April 2015 won two prestigious Pulitzer prizes for coverage of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The coverage is described by the Pulitzer board as courageous and vivid journalism that engaged the public and held authorities accountable.

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R K Laxman

Eminent cartoonist R K Laxman passed away

January 28, 2015Art & Culture, Person in NewsDemise, LiteratureOmkar Sawant

Eminent cartoonist and creator of the character of common man – R K Laxman passed away on 26 January 2015. Through his pocket cartoons in daily news papers he captured the mood of the nation.

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