As is well-known, due to unavoidable circumstances Rabindranath Tagore could not attend the Nobel Award Ceremony held in Sweden in 1913. Instead, the telegram from Rabindranath Tagore, read by Mr. Clive, British Chargé affairs’, at the Nobel Banquet at Grand Hôtel, Stockholm, on 10 December 1913 stated, “I beg to convey to the Swedish Academy my grateful appreciation of the breadth of understanding which has brought the distant near, and has made a stranger a brother”.
He narrated how the poet had inspired him to write for the children and younger people. Indranil Sen, state minister for information and cultural affairs
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Sahitya Academy awarded prominent Urdu poet Munawwar Rana died of a heart attack here on Sunday night.
Renowned writer and founder of Prataya Educational and Cultural Trust Nisith Singha Roy recently organised a felicitation programme at the Jyotindranath Auditorium in Chandannagar to honour eminent writers and poets from both India and abroad for their immense contribution towards enriching and propagating Bengali language and literature.
Born in Meerut in 1957, Siddiqui received higher education a the Aligarh Muslim University and joined the All India Radio at Srinagar station in 1988.
The pen is a recurrent motif of Meysams paintings and cartoons and it appears in different shapes and sizes. For him, it is not merely a symbol of liberty and freedom of expression he jealously guards, but also a weapon with which he wants to fight injustice.
"Our Govt is setting up Dhano Dhanyo Bhavan – a cultural complex of international standard – as a mark of respect to him", added Mamta Banerjee.
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