the State government’s highest literary honour.Culture Minister M.A. Baby said here on Friday that Sugathakumari was chosen for the award in view of her outstanding contribution to Malayalam literature.She was selected by a committee headed by poet O.N.V. Kurup and comprising Kerala Sahitya Akademi president M. Mukundan, Dr. D. Benjamin and Prof. Sreedevi.Named after father of Malayalam literature...
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Kerala government’s highest literary honour.Culture Minister M.A. Baby said here on Friday that Sugathakumari was chosen for the award in view of her outstanding contribution to Malayalam literature.She was selected by a committee headed by poet O.N.V. Kurup and comprising Kerala Sahitya Akademi president M. Mukundan, Dr. D. Benjamin and Prof. Sreedevi. The award consists of a purse of Rs.1 lakh, citation...
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/--/ Well-known Malayalam poet Sugathakumari has been selected for Ezhuthchan Puraskaram, Kerala government's highest literary honour. Sugathakumari, who created a new sensibility in Malayalam poetry, was chosen for the award in view of her outstanding contribution to literature, state culture minister M A Baby told reporters here today. Named after revered father of Malayalam literature and medieval...
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part of the 53rd Kerala Piravi Day, Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Tripunithura, will organise Malayalam Week, from November 2-9. The celebrations are designed to convey to the students the richness of the language and its culture. There will be talks and discussions on Malayalam literature, staging of various folk and classic art forms. The students and renowned exponents of art forms will stage programmes....
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The tendency to compartmentalise literature and literary efforts has led to the alienation of literature from the cultural mainstream. This is reflected in the fact that many of the contemporary periodicals are keeping creative writing away from its pages, said renowned writer Sethu.He was speaking after inaugurating the discussions on the third day of the Malayalam Week celebrations, organised by...
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Kochi: “Pride in one’s language is a prerequisite for identity formation. On the day to commemorate the creation of Kerala, there is angst whether we have stooped so low to become a people without that pride,” said poet O.N.V. Kurup, inaugurating the Malayalam Week Celebrations organised by the Samastha Kerala Sahitya Parishad here on Sunday.Lamenting the loss of pride of Malayalis in the richness...
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Archbishop of the Assyrian Church of the East Mar Aprem has been selected for the P. Thomas Award instituted by the P. Thomas Foundation.A scholar in Syriac language and literature, Mar Aprem has written about 70 books in English and Malayalam. He has tried his hand at several genres such as travelogue, humour, poetry, history, biography and autobiography.—Staff...
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Suresh Kohli’s new book “Closure” is a celebration of his friendship with acclaimed author Kamala DasSunit Tandon (right) reading a poem from the book "Closure" by Suresh Kohli (extreme left) while Jatin Das, Uma Vasudev and Akbar Khan look onA tribute to a famous friend claimed by death. Delhi-based writer-journalist Suresh Kohli’s latest book “Closure” is etched on this foundation. The book, a beautiful...
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Achuthanandan says the PSC can think of amending the rules for the purpose.Thiruvananthapuram: Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan has stressed the need to ensure that only people well versed in Malayalam are recruited to government service.Delivering the inaugural address at the State’s Malayalam Day celebrations here on Sunday, he said the Public Service Commission (PSC) could think of amending the...
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The office of the Ombudsman for Local Self-Government Institutions has completely adopted Malayalam as its official language from November 1 and copies of the verdicts will be issued only in the official language.Ombudsman M.R. Hariharan Nair said in a release here on Tuesday that Kerala was the first State to constitute the system which helped the common man to secure justice for a nominal sum of...
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