Award-winning writer P. Valsala, 85, passed away at a private hospital in Kozhikode on Tuesday night. Doctors attributed the cause of death to cardiac failure. Ms. Valasala was one of the few women writers in Malayalam who achieved literary renown. In her decades-long writing career, Ms Valsala bagged the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award, Ezhuthachan Puraskaram … Read more
The jury also acknowledged Ms. Roy’s “commitment to political action”. File | Photo Credit: Thulasi Kakkat Writer Arundhati Roy has been awarded the 45th European Essay Prize for lifetime achievement, the Charles Veillon Foundation has announced. Ms. Roy has been awarded the prize for the French translation of her compilation of essays titled “Azadi” (2021). … Read more
Andhra Pradesh Governor S. Abdul Nazeer expressed grief over the demise of eminent Telugu story writer and novelist Kethu Viswanatha Reddy who died in Ongole on Monday. Viswanatha Reddy won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1996 and was honoured with YSR Lifetime Achievement Award in 2021 for his contribution to Telugu literature, the Governor said … Read more
Randor Guy | Photo Credit: File Photo Actors, film producers and journalists paid rich tributes to writer and film critic Randor Guy, who passed away recently. Film producer Muktha S. Ravi said he knew Randor Guy from when he was a young boy. “He would come on a Jawa bike and would bring a chocolate … Read more
Writer Wayne Brown welcomes the change after he was turned away from donating last year. Source link
Marathi writer Shobha Deshpande staged nearly 20-hour protest on Thursday outside a jewellery shop in Mumbai after its owner allegedly refused to speak in Marathi and asks her to leave. Shobha Deshpande had visited the jewellery shop to buy a pair of earrings when she said the shop owner asked her to leave after she … Read more