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Topic: Sahitya Akademi

Sahitya Akademi Awards: 24 writers honoured including Mamta Kalia, ex-diplomat Navtej Sarna

Vrinda Tulsian -
Sahitya Akademi awards announced after 3-month deadlock triggered when a December press meet was cancelled following culture ministry circular mandating ministerial approval before declarations.

Jnanpith Award winner Vinod Kumar Shukla dies at 89

Niyati Kothiyal -
PM Narendra Modi took to X to express his condolences, saying Shukla will always be remembered for his contributions to Hindi literature.

Sahitya Akademi is promoting Ramayana, Modi policies. But also queer & Dalit writers now

+TFP Antara Baruah -
A number of cultural institutions have come under the scanner for shrinking autonomy and fluid identities in Modi's India. For some writers, Sahitya Akademi is the last remaining frontier.

Parted ways with Sahitya Akademi to highlight ‘deadly virus of politicisation’, says C. Radhakrishnan

Mrinalini Dhyani -
Associated with Akademi for 23 yrs, writer has objected to Union minister Arjun Meghwal inaugurating its literary festival last month, saying he has no ‘known credentials in literature’.

Krishna Sobti—rebel writer and feminist who rejected awards and married at 70

Antara Baruah -
Krishna Sobit published her book Zindaginama in 1979, which was called the "Mahabharata of our times."

Birju Maharaj—Kathak maestro started teaching at 13 years. He died with a song on his lips

Gaurvi Narang -
Birju Maharaj’s contribution to Indian cinema can be traced from Satyajit Ray’s Shatranj ke Khilari to Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Bajiro Mastani.

Amrit Mahotsav’s the reason but Sahitya Akademi just came close to readers with its book fair

Unnati Sharma -
The book fair, ‘Pustakayan’, at Delhi’s Ravindra Bhawan has stalls from more than 35 publishers and will be active till 18 November.

The Bihar historian you won’t find in most Indian textbooks — Radhakrishna Choudhary

Tenzin Zompa -
Choudhary is best known for being among the handful of historians who gave weight to the neglected folklore of Mithila in north-eastern Bihar.

Sahitya Akademi is a failed Nehruvian project. Now it has to survive in a ‘digital’ India

Srinjoy Dey -
Sahitya Akademi doesn’t make news today except for the annual announcement of awards. And events like Assam's Kokrajhar Literary Festival are ready for competition.

Sumitranandan Pant, the beloved Hindi poet inspired by Lakshman and Napoleon

Unnati Sharma -
The first Hindi poet to be awarded the Jnanpith, he was a poet of nature, influenced by Karl Marx and Mahatma Gandhi.
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The initial ceasefire functioned less as a resolution and more as a pause—an opportunity for both sides to recalibrate, while claiming victory.

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Economy

India bond yields rise as RBI moves to drain liquidity, lift overnight rates

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New Delhi: India’s sovereign bond yields rose after the central bank announced its first step this year to drain cash from the banking system,...

Defence

Army promotes Col Purohit, acquitted in 2008 Malegaon blast case, to Brigadier; to not retire yet

Snehesh Alex Philip -
This means he will serve Indian Army for a minimum of another 2 years as Brigadier, unless he picks up the next rank of Major General.

National Interest

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

Shekhar Gupta -
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.

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