She researched for years and analysed "Ramkatha" from Sita's viewpoint. "Chandrabati Ramayan" is one of her notable works. Condoling her death, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said, Dev Sen's death was an irreparable loss to the literary world.
Bond turned 83 on May 19 and has dedicated well over six decades of his life to writing and, fortunately for his readers, continues to write at an incredible pace.
New Delhi: Almost two months after they returned their Sahitya Akademi awards to protest against 'growing intolerance' in the country, some eminent writers have now decided the take back their prizes.According to a HT report,
New Delhi: Noted writer Ashok Vajpeyi today decided to return D.Litt given to him by Hyderabad University in protest against the "anti-dalit" attitude of authorities which has allegedly driven a dalit student to commit suicide."A
New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi has decided not to accept the awards returned by 35 winners to protest against rising intolerance.K Sreenivas Rao, secretary, Sahitya Akademi informed that the Akademi will not encash cheques returned by
New Delhi: Novelist Cyrus Mistry and poet Ramdarash Mishra were among the winners of Sahitya Akademi award announced here on Thursday.Six books of short stories, six of poetry, four novels, two books each of essays,
New Delhi: Forty artists and writers have returned their awards to protest against "recent mishappenings against the writers" and the Sahitya Akademi has requested them to reconsider their decision, the Lok Sabha was informed today.In
Indore: Pakistani-origin Canadian writer, Tarek Fatah, yesterday wondered why prominent personalities who have returned their awards protesting against 'growing intolerance' did not do so when Kashmiri Pandits were persecuted by extremists or the arm of
New Delhi: The Sahitya Akademi today again urged writers to take back the awards they have relinquished, saying these were given with love and respect and such feelings should be respected."Our executive board has already
Ranchi: Hitting out at Sahitya Akademi award winners who returned their laurels, Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das has accused them of spreading "ideological terrorism" in the country."Those returning the awards (Sahitya Akademi) are spreading ideological
Belagavi (Karnataka): An unidentified body with two bullet injuries has been found at a village in Belagavi district and police were verifying if it resembled the sketch of one of the two killers of writer
Patna : Noted lyricist Gulzar has come out in support of authors returning their Sahitya Akademi awards in protest of the growing religious intolerance in the country, saying this is the only way a writer can
New Delhi: The Sahitya Akademi for the first time on Friday condemned the killing of writers and urged the writers to take back the awards they returned in anguish against the Akademi's silence so far
Lucknow: Urdu poet Munawwar Rana, who has returned his Sahitya Akamdei award will be meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi soon.“I got a call from PMO on Tuesday with a request to meet him the next
New Delhi: Eminent novelist Vikram Seth has said he was keenly awaiting the outcome of Sahitya Akademi's upcoming emergency meeting to decide whether or not to give up award conferred on him by the literary
London: Noted novelist Anita Desai has said she will return her Sahitya Award if the Akademi does not make it clear that it is not a government body but an independent one that exists to
Srinagar: Noted Kashmir writer and poet Margoob Banhali on Monday joined the growing list of litterateurs to return the Sahitya Akademi Award in protest against the "increasing attacks on minorities" in the country."Attacks on minorities
Aligarh: The Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha performed a 'Buddhi Shuddhi' (cleansing of the mind) yagya on Sunday in a bid to knock some sense into the authors who are returning their Sahitya Akademi award to
New Delhi: Urdu poet Munawwar Rana on Sunday announced on live TV his decision to return Sahitya Akademi award along with a Rs one lakh cash prize and vowed not to accept any government award
New Delhi: Sharp differences were visible between BJP and Congress over the striking down of NJAC Act by Supreme Court, hinting at an uphill task for the government in case it wants to bring a
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