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List Of Sahitya Akademi Award Winners For Konkani
Sahitya Akademi Award is given each year, since 1955, by Sahitya Akademi (India's National Academy of Letters), to writers and their works, for their outstanding contribution to the upliftment of Indian literature and Konkani literature in particular. When the Sahitya Akademi recognised Konkani in 1975 as an independent and literary language, one of the important factors was the literary heritage of Romi Konkani since the year 1556. However, after Konkani in the Devanagari script was made the official language of Goa in 1987, the Sahitya Akademi has supported only writers in the Devanagari script. Winners References {{Sahitya Sahitya Akademi Award The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour in India, which the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the 22 languages of the ... * Konkani ...
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Sahitya Akademi
The Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, is an organisation dedicated to the promotion of literature in the languages of India. Founded on 12 March 1954, it is supported by, though independent of, the Indian government. Its office is located in Rabindra Bhavan near Mandi House in Delhi. The Sahitya Akademi organises national and regional workshops and seminars; provides research and travel grants to authors; publishes books and journals, including the ''Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature''; and presents the annual Sahitya Akademi Award of INR. 100,000 in each of the 24 languages it supports, as well as the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship for lifetime achievement. The Sahitya Akademi Library is one of the largest multi-lingual libraries in India, with a rich collection of books on literature and allied subjects. It publishes two bimonthly literary journals: '' Indian Literature'' in English and ''Samkaleen Bharatiya Sahitya'' in Hindi. Languages The Sahitya Aka ...
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Meena Kakodkar
Meena () is a sub-group of Bhils. They speak Meena language. They started adopting the Brahmin worship system. Its name is also transliterated as ''Meenanda'' or ''Mina''. Historians claim that they belong to the Matsya tribe. They got the status of Scheduled Tribe by the Government of India in 1954. The Zamindar Meena, Chowkidar Meena, Gurjar Meena, Padiyar Meena, Bhil Meena, Rawat Meena, Takur Meena and Rajput Meena are a subgroup of Meenas. Etymology The word Meena or Mina is derived from the Sanskrit word Meen, which means fish. Ethnography The Meenas were originally a '' nomadic tribe''. They were described as a ''semi-wild'' and ''hill tribe'' similar to the Bhils. But in the British Raj, for the fulfillment of its purpose by the British Government, they were described as a ''criminal tribe'' by adding them to the Criminal Tribes Act. Presently they are described as ''Scheduled Tribe'' by the Indian Government. Geography The book ''Civilizations of India'', pu ...
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Jayanti Naik
Dr. Jayanti Naik (born 6 August 1962) from Amona in the Quepem taluka of Goa, is a Konkani writer and folklore researcher from Goa. She is a short story writer, dramatist, children's writer, folklorist, translator and was the first person to earn a doctorate from the Goa University's Department of Konkani. She is also a Sahitya Akademi award winner. In her career of some three decades, she has produced on average, a book a year. Folklore and folk tales Naik takes care of the folklore section of the Goa Konkani Akademi, the aim of which is to "conserve and preserve (the) rich folklore of Goa". Her work includes ''Ratha Tujeo Ghudio'', ''Kanner Khunti Naari'', ''Tlloi Ukhalli Kelliani'', ''Manalim Gitam'', ''Pednecho Dosro'', and ''Lokbimb''. Naik has written 16 books on folklore. Her book on Konkani folklore, entitled ''Konkani Lokved'', has several folk tales current among the Konkani-speaking emigrants who made their permanent home in the southern Indian States of Karnat ...
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Shashank Sitaram
Shashank or Shashanka is a given name among Hindus. The name is derived from Sanskrit, as another name for the Moon (literally, 'hare-marked", shasha, "hare" + anga, "aspect").https://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/scans/csl-santam/php/index.html The Hindu god Shiva is also called Shashank Sekhar, meaning "He holds moon on his head". Notable people with the name include: *Shashanka, 7th-century Hindu Kayastha king who unified Bengal *Shashank Arora (born 1989), Indian actor and musician * Shashank (actor) (born 1979), Indian film actor * Shashank (diplomat), Indian Foreign Secretary from 2003 to 2004 *Shashank (director), Indian film director in Kannada movies *Shashanka Ghosh, Indian film director in Hindi and Telugu movies *Shashanka Koirala, Nepalese ophthalmologist and politician *Shashank Manohar, Indian lawyer and former President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India *Shashank Shende, Indian actor, director, and writer *Shashank Vyas, Indian television actor See al ...
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Hema Naik
Hema Naik is a Konkani language writer from the coastal Indian state of Goa. She is a Sahitya Akademi Award winner and is the wife of the Konkani writer Pundalik Naik. She publishes books under the banner of Volvoi-based Apurbai Prakashan. Early life Born as Hema Dhumatkar, she is an Economics graduate who began writing when she was a student activist. She attended the World Women Conference at Kolkata in 1973, which led her to begin writing about women in society in Konkani. Career Through her early writings, Hema Naik attacked society's prevalent feudalism and male chauvinism, covering the aspect of women in society in Konkani literature. She began a series of conferences aimed at young female writers called "Chitrangi Melave" to integrate the various feminist ideals in Konkani literature. She was part of the Konkani language agitation and the agitation for Goa's statehood in 1985. She has published more than 100 books and journals in Konkani under her publication house, Apu ...
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Madhav Borcar
Madhav Borkar (also Borcar, in Konkani वेणी माधव बोरकर) is a noted Konkani poet, former station director of All India Radio and Konkani litterateur based in Goa, India. Work, life Borkar was earlier station director of All India Radio, Panaji (Panjim). As a broadcaster, he has also worked in the government-run radio stations at Mumbai, Mangalore and Kolhapur. In 2015, Borkar replaced Pundalik Narayan Naik as the president of the Goa Konkani Akademi. In March 2018, he completed 50 years in poetry, and has published eight volumes of verse. He is married to Mankarnika and they have two children, daughter Yogini and son Chinmay. Literary output Borkar wrote poetry since 1968. His first collection was published while he was still a schoolboy. At the age of 15, his ''Chanvar'' got into print. He has six collections of poems and two translations -- ''Kabir'' by Prabhakar Machve and ''Ekshem Ek Kavita'' by Rabindranath Tagore. His poetic works * ''Ch ...
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Pandurang Rajaram Shenay Bhangui
Vithoba, also known as Vi(t)thal(a) and Panduranga, is a Hindu deity predominantly worshipped in the Indian state of Maharashtra and Karnataka. He is generally considered as a manifestation of the god Vishnu, or his avatar Krishna. Vithoba is often depicted as a dark young boy, standing arms akimbo on a brick, sometimes accompanied by his consort Rakhumai. Vithoba is the focus of an essentially monotheistic, non-ritualistic bhakti-driven Varkari faith of Maharashtra and the Haridasa faith of Karnataka. Vithoba Temple, Pandharpur is his main temple. Vithoba legends revolve around his devotee Pundalik who is credited for bringing the deity to Pandharpur, and around Vithoba's role as a saviour to the poet-saints of the Varkari faith. The Varkari poet-saints are known for their unique genre of devotional lyric, the abhang, dedicated to Vithoba and composed in Marathi. Other devotional literature dedicated to Vithoba includes the Kannada hymns of the Haridasa and the Marathi versio ...
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John Baptist Sequeira
John Baptist Sequeira (23 June 1930 – 9 October 2019) was an Indian Roman Catholic bishop. Sequeira was born in India and was ordained to the priesthood in 1958. He served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chikmagalur, India, from 1987 to 2006. In 1998 he won the Sahitya Akademi Award The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour in India, which the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the 22 languages of the ... for his Konkani-language poetry "Ashim Asim Lharan". Notes 1930 births 2019 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in India Konkani-language poets 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in India Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Konkani {{India-RC-bishop-stub ...
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Sheela Kolambkar
Sheela Ravichandran (Born 22 March 1945) is an Indian actress and director who appears predominantly in Malayalam cinema. Paired with Prem Nazir, they hold the Guinness World Record for acting in the largest number of films (130) together as heroine and hero. Sheela is a four-time winner of Kerala State Film Award. She came back to acting in 2003 through '' Manassinakkare'' after a long period of 22 years. In 2005, she won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the Malayalam film '' Akale''. In 2019, Sheela was honoured with the J C Daniel Award, the Kerala government's highest honour for outstanding contribution to Malayalam cinema. She was also one of the highest paid actresses, reportedly paid more than her male counterparts, of her time. Early life and family Sheela was born in a Syrian Christian family to Railway officer Kanimangalam Antony and Gracy at Thrissur, Kingdom of Cochin (now Kerala). She was brought up in Ooty. Her early name was ...
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Sankar Ramani
Sankar generally refers to a Hindu god, Lord Shiva, and may also refer to: People * Sankar (writer & director) (V R Sankar, born 1981), Malayalam film director and writer * Shankar–Ganesh (born 1943), Indian music director duo * Sankar (writer) (Mani Shankar Mukherjee, born 1933), Bengali author * Beni Sankar (born 1948), Guyanese cricketer * C. Sankar, Indian politician * Kayman Sankar (1926–2014), Guyanese rice magnate * R. Sankar (1909–1972), former Chief Minister of Kerala, India * Sankar Das Sarma (born 1953), India-born American theoretical condensed matter physicist Others * Gauri Sankar, the second highest peak of the Rolwaling Himal * Ponnar Sankar, an epic poem in the Tamil language * Sankar Cement, a brand of cement manufactured by India Cements * Sankar, Nepal, a village in Nepal * Sankar Monastery, a Buddhist monastery in Ladakh, northern India See also * Sankara (other) * Shankar (other) * Shankara (other) Shankara ...
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Dilip Borkar
Dilip may refer to: People * Dilīpa, king in Hindu mythology * Dilip Chhabria, Indian automobile designer * Dilip Chitre (1938–2009), Indian writer and critic * Dilip D'Souza (born 1960), Indian writer and journalist * Dilip Dholakia (1921–2011), often credited as D. Dilip or Dilip Roy, an Indian music composer and singer * Dilip Doshi (born 1947), former Indian cricketer * Dilip Hiro, playwright and analyst specializing in India and the Islamic world * Dilip Jajodia (born 1944), Indian businessman * Dilip Joshi (born 1968), Indian film and television actor * Dilip Kumar (1922–2021), Indian actor, also known as Mohammed Yousef Khan * Dilip Kumar Chakrabarti (born 1941), archaeologist and professor of South Asian archaeology at Cambridge University * Dilip Mahalanabis (born 1934), Indian pediatrician * Dilip P. Gaonkar (born 1945), associate professor of communication studies at Northwestern University * Dilip Prabhavalkar (born 1944), Indian Marathi film and television acto ...
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