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Bhartiya Sahitya Akademi Award winners from Punjab return awards in suppor
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], December 4 (ANI): The winners of Bhartiya Sahitya Akademi Award in Punjabi including Sirmour Shire Dr Mohanjit, eminent thinker Dr Jaswinder Singh and Punjabi playwright and editor of Punjabi Tribune Swarajbir have returned their awards to show support for farmer
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Telugu poet, Sahitya Akademi awardee Devi Priya passes away
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Telangana (Hyderabad) [India], November 21 (ANI): Telugu poet and Sahitya Akademi awardee Devi Priya passed away in Hyderabad on Saturday morning.
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Google doodle celebrates Kaifi Azmi on his birth anniversary
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 14 (ANI): Google on Tuesday paid a tribute to renowned poet Kaifi Azmi on his 101st birth anniversary with a doodle.
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Sahitya Akademi awardee G Nanjundan found dead at his residence in Bengalu
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Dec 22 (ANI): Sahitya Akademi award winner G Nanjundan was found dead at his residence in Bengaluru.
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No question of refusing Sahitya Akademi award: Shashi Tharoor
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Trivandrum (Kerala) [India] Dec 18 (ANI): On winning the prestigious award for his book 'An Era of Darkness' in a non-fiction category in English language, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday said that "there is no question of refusing the Sahitya Akademi award."
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Sahitya Akademi publishes new anthology to mark 200 years of Indian Englis
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Madagascar, Nov 4 (ANI): Sahitya Akademi, India's national academy of letters, has published a new anthology called Modern English Poetry by Younger Indians, which maps the contemporary poetry scene in India and the broader Indian diasporas to mark the 200 years of Indian English poetry.<
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JP Nadda meets writer Chandrashekhar Kambar at his residence
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Sept 22 (ANI): Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) National Working President J P Nadda met Jnanpith awardee writer Chandrashekhar Kambar at his residence here today.
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Citizenship Bill: Sahitya Akademi awardee Gohain denies receiving notice o
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Jan 11 (ANI): Sahitya Akademi Awardee Dr Hiren Gohain on Friday denied receiving any notice from the police related to a sedition case reportedly filed against him for opposing the Citizenship Amendment Bill.
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Google celebrates Mahadevi Varma with doodle
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 27 (ANI): Google on Friday celebrated Hindi poet, freedom fighter, woman's rights activist and educationist Mahadevi Varma through its doodle.
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Poetry of Abhay K. celebrated at the India International Centre and Sahity
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan.28 (ANI): The Poetry Society of India in association with the India International Centre, New Delhi, organised readings from CAPITALS: A Poetry Anthology edited by poet-diplomat Abhay K on 27th January 2017 at the India International Centre.
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Noted Marathi author Anand Yadav passes away
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Nov. 28 (ANI): Noted Marathi author and Sahitya Akademi awardee Anand Yadav has passed away at his residence in Pune. He was 80.
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Imphal hosts Sahitya Akademi Translation Award
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Imphal (Manipur), Aug.5 (ANI): For the first time, Sahitya Akademi has presented Translation Prize 2015, with a grade at par with other major Akademi Prizes, at a function in Imphal on August 4, today.
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