Indian Literature Current Affairs, GK & News
First ever News Magazine Programme in Sanskrit
The All India Radio is to broadcast the first ever “News Magazine” programme in Sanskrit. The programme has been titled “Sanskrit Saptahiki”. Highlights The news programme is to be aired every Saturday for a duration of 20 minutes. Also, the programme is to be re-telecasted on Sunday. The programme will broadcast developments of the week. ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Category: Art & Culture Current Affairs
Topics: Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat • Gyan Vigyan • Indian Literature • Sanskrit
Manoj Das to receive Mystic Kalinga Literary Award
The prestigious Mystic Kalinga Literary Award (Indian and Global Languages) is to be presented to the noted Odia and English writer Manoj Das. The award would be presented during the Mystic Kalinga Festival (MKF) which commences in Bhubaneswar on February 8. The Mystic Kalinga Literary Award is conferred to a person who has made significant ..
Topics: Education • Indian Literature • Odia literature • Padma Bhushan • Writers
Kala Ghoda Arts Festival celebrated in Mumbai
The famous arts festival called ‘Kala Ghoda Arts Festival’ is celebrated annually in the city of Mumbai. The 21st edition of the street festival has recently commenced. This year, the nine-day-long festival has a variety of events in 12 sections, related to arts, music, cinema, literature, theatre and heritage walks. This year’s edition of KGAF ..
Topics: Arts • Cinema of India • Cultural heritage of India • Festivals in India • Indian Literature • Music
Writer Anand selected for 27th Ezhuthachan Puraskaram 2019
Noted writer Anand has been selected for the 27th Ezhuthachan Puraskaram for his overall contributions to Malayalam language and Literature. It is the highest literary honour of the Kerala government. The prize is named after Ezhuthachan, the father of Malayalam language. It consists of a purse of Rs 5 lakh and a citation.
Topics: Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri • Ezhuthachan • Ezhuthachan Puraskaram • Indian Literature • Kerala • Kerala Sahitya Akademi • Malayalam • Malayali people • T. Padmanabhan • Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan • Writers
Leeladhar Jagoori honoured with 28th Vyas Samman for year 2018
In New Delhi , the well known Hindi writer Leeladhar Jagoori has been honoured with the prestigious 28th Vyas Samman for the year 2018 for his poetry collection- ‘Jitne Log Utne Prem’. Since 1991, the Vyas Samman is given by K K Birla Foundation for an outstanding literary work in Hindi authored by an Indian ..
Topics: Birla family • Hindi • Indian culture • Indian Literature • K. K. Birla Foundation • Samman • Vyas Samman