Sahitya Akademi Award
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MT Vasudevan Nair dies: Padma Bhushan to Sahitya Akademi to Jnanpith, full list of awards and honour
Entertainment | Dec 25, 2024, 11:33 PM ISTMT Vasudevan Nair received several awards including prestigious honours like Jnanpith Award in 1996 and Padma Bhushan in 2005.
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Veerappa Moily, Arundhathi Subramaniam, among others to receive Sahitya Akademi Award 2020
India | Mar 12, 2021, 08:12 PM ISTPolitician-writer M Veerappa Moily, poet Arundhathi Subramaniam are among 20 writers who will be bestowed with the Sahitya Akademi Award 2020.
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Shashi Tharoor wins Sahitya Akademi Award for 'An Era of Darkness'
India | Dec 18, 2019, 05:28 PM ISTSashi Tharoor won the prestigious award for his book 'An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India'. The book was published in 2016.
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Sahitya Akademi awardee, family of Assam Agitation martyr excluded from NRC
India | Jun 30, 2019, 10:51 PM IST"Families of freedom fighters and martyrs of Assam Agitation have been disrespected by excluding them from NRC. This is not only disrespect to the Gorkhas, but also an insult to the freedom fighters and martyrs," Nanda Kirati Dewan said.
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Citizenship Bill: Sedition charges against Sahitya Akademi awardee Hiren Gohain, scribe
India | Jan 10, 2019, 05:02 PM ISTSedition charges have been brought against Sahitya Akademi awardee Assamese litterateur Dr Hiren Gohain, senior journalist Manjit Mahanta and KMSS leader Akhil Gogoi in Assam on Thursday, police said, as protests continue in the state against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.
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Sahitya Akademi Award 2018: Anees Salim, author of The Blind Lady's Descendants enjoys his winning moment
Books & Culture | Dec 18, 2018, 02:26 PM ISTBooks & Culture Trends: The Kerala-born author, Anees Salim wins the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award (English) for his novel 'The Blind Lady's Descendants'.
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Gandhian Narayan Desai dies at 90
Lifestyle | Mar 16, 2015, 09:56 AM ISTNew Delhi/Valsad: Famous Gandhian thinker Narayan Desai passed away in Gujarat's Valsad district early Sunday following prolonged illness. He was 90.Desai, who contributed to the literary world in various languages apart from Gujarati and actively
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Debutant Novelist Su. Venkatesan Wins Sahitya Akademi Award
India | Dec 21, 2011, 06:48 PM ISTChennai, Dec 21: Tamil writer Su. Venkatesan, who has captured the 600-year-old history of Madurai till 1920 in his debut novel ‘Kaval Kottam', won the Sahitya Akademi award for the year 2011.The novel begins with