The infinite justice & wisdom of Ms Roy

The Hindustan Times;  January 16, 2006 ;     242 words ......essays and one novel has told the Sahitya Akademi, which has awarded her this year's Sahitya Akademi prize, 'thanks, but no thanks'. Ms...out that the irony is extreme. The Sahitya Akademi pundits had chosen her as the winner...

Let them not embarrass govt, of all things: PM.

Economic Times (New Delhi, India);  January 28, 2006 ;     490 words ......generated by her rejection of the Sahitya Akademi Award, the Prime Minister's Office...situations like the one which the Sahitya Akademi -- an autonomous body whose association...neo-liberalistaion. In an open letter to Sahitya Akademi president rejecting the award for...

Sahitya Akademi exhibition hooks literature lovers

The Hindustan Times;  January 18, 2006 ;     382 words ......packaged books sit pretty on shelves, the Sahitya Akademi exhibition that concluded Tuesday...bi-monthly journal published by the Sahitya Akademi. Book prices ranged from as little...as a publisher get fulfilled." The Sahitya Akademi is a national organisation instituted...

K. Satchidanandan, a poet in 'unpoetic' times

The Hindustan Times;  May 30, 2006 ;     576 words ......tenure as secretary of the Sahitya Akademi here, K. Satchidanandan is...professor and four-time Kerala Sahitya Akademi award winner, Satchidanandan is all this and much more. At the Sahitya Akademi, India's apex body for literature...

Sahitya Akademi awardees share experiences

The Hindustan Times;  August 25, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Bidorsing Kro were decorated with the 2005 Sahitya Akademi Bhasha Samman Awards of Sahitya Akademi on Wednesday. Prafulla Kotoky (Assamese...those who were honoured with the 2005 Sahitya Akademi Translation Prizes. Barring Prafulla...

Cooking up some magic realism Director Alfonso Arau mixes love and...

The Boston Globe;  March 14, 1993 ;     700+ words ......In short, Esquivel achieves kitchen magic realism, in a writing style and installment...can't put it down." But translating magic realism to the screen has proved very difficult...about that," said Arau. "But then, magic realism in Latin-American literature does not...

PROGRAMME ON LITERARY WORKS OF MAMONI RAISOM

The Hindustan Times;  October 22, 2007 ;     540 words ......Hindustan Times GUWAHATI, Oct 22 -- The Sahitya Akademi, in collaboration with Digboi College...convener of Assam advisory board of the Sahitya Akademi, while Mohendra Bharali Baruah, principal...welcomed the distinguished writers. Sahitya Akademi representatives, guests, teachers...

KAVISANDHI AT COTTON COLLEGE

The Hindustan Times;  September 26, 2008 ;     192 words ......Department of Assamese, Cotton College, Sahitya Akademi, Kolkata organised a forum for poetry...Before reading of his own writings, the Sahitya Akademi awardee poet & critic Nalinidhar...Mukhupadhyay, the regional secretary of Sahitya akademi said that the Kavisandhi will ...

magic realism

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms;      242 words ...magic realism, a kind of modern fiction in which fabulous and fantastical events...levitation, flight, telepathy, telekinesis—are among the means that magic realism adopts in order to encompass the often phantasmagoric political realities...

Bhasha Samman, translation prizes given

The Hindustan Times;  August 24, 2006 ;     383 words ......Samman and translation prizes of the Sahitya Akademi were given away at an intellectually...welcome speech A K Murthy, Secretary Sahitya Akademi said that a translator invades, extracts...Prof Gopi Chand Narang, President Sahitya Akademi, said that two new languages-Karbi...

Unity in literary diversity

India Abroad;  October 10, 2003 ;     593 words ......leading literary institution, the Sahitya Akademi. Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari...Narasimha Rao, a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi award. Moderating the main discussions September 26, Sahitya Akademi Secretary K.S. Sachidanandan...

'Leave cultural bodies in hands of professionals'

The Hindustan Times;  August 27, 2006 ;     301 words ......cultural chairs were left in the hands of professionals, feels Sahitya Akademi president Prof Gopi Chand Narang. "There is a sharp divide...and bureaucrats make efforts to interfere, he said, "In Sahitya Akademi, the writers have been more or less united for the last...

SHORT STORY TRANSLATION WORKSHOP IN CITY

The Hindustan Times;  December 20, 2006 ;     258 words ......translation workshop organized by Sahitya Akademi in the city.Dr Dutta has translated...and debated upon during the Workshop.Sahitya Akademi has organized twin workshops in the...Mukhopadhyay, regional secretary of Sahitya Akademi, eminent scholars and writers are...

Do Bengalis care for literature in other languages?

India Abroad;  October 10, 2003 ;     414 words ......an Oriya poet and recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award, that while Oriyas always invite...Indira Goswami from Assam, also a Sahitya Akademi Award winner had a similar grievance...Gangopadhyaya, Vice President of the Sahitya Akademi, said a reason for Bengali apathy...

'Magic Realism' of painter Rain featured at Nebraska museum

University Wire;  August 24, 1999 ;     471 words ......resident who was a primary example of the "Magic Realism" school of American surrealist painting...peers to develop their own surrealism: "Magic Realism." Rain used this term to describe the...The Sheldon exhibit, "Charles Rain: Magic Realism," which runs until Nov. 21, will help...