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  MT Vasudevan Nair dies: Padma Bhushan to Sahitya Akademi to Jnanpith, full list of awards and honour

  December 25, 2024 23:33 IST

  MT 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 | March 12, 2021 20:12 IST

  Politician-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 | December 18, 2019 17:28 IST

  Sashi 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 | June 30, 2019 22:51 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 | January 10, 2019 17:02 IST

  Sedition 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 | December 18, 2018 14:26 IST

  Books & 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 | March 16, 2015 9:56 IST

  New 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 | December 21, 2011 18:48 IST

  Chennai, 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