Dr. Karan Singh Presents Dayawati Modi Street Shakti Samman to Renowned Hindi Writer Aruka Saraogi in the Capital

 NEW DELHI: STREE SHAKTI MAHOTSAVA celebrated women's contributions to the 75th anniversary of India's independence. Honorary Chairman Dr. Karan Singh and renowned Hindi writer Aruka Saraogi attended the event along with a number of distinguished guests in the presence of renowned Hindi writer Chitra Mudogal.

Dayawati Modi Street Shakti Samman (founded in 1998) The 21st prize winner is her Alka Saraogi, an outstanding Hindi writer. Her compilation, Terah Halfaname, is a collection of short stories by prominent independent Indian women authors, published by Vani Publications. Released by Karan Singh. Anita Desai, Mahashweta Devi, Kulturain Haider, Indra Goswami, Ismat Chugthai, Krishna Sovti, Chitra Mudgar, Vishwapriya Iyengar, Anjali Khandwara, Kamla Das, T. Janki Rani, Urmila Pawar and Vedihi are featured here.

Alka Saraogi's first novel Kalikatha via Bypass won the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award in 2001 and was published by Editions Gallimard in French, Insel Verlag in German, Neri Pozza in Italian and Siruela in Spanish. rice field. She has her six novels. She said, ``Every award she has won has proved and motivated her journey as a writer. will only be possible if society recognizes this.”

who is the real author? From Dr. Vidusi Viddyottama or Mahakavi Kalidas? with a preface by Dr. Kamal K. Mishra. Introduction by Dr. Karan Singh. Foreword by Dr. Satyavrat Shastri. Supported by Satyavrat Shastri and Rekha Mody, the cover of this landmark study commissioned by Dr. Shobhana Narayan; Stree Shakti has been published. The study, written in Hindi and English, will be published by Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House in 2023.

The first Gender Influencer Award went to young Devansh Saraf for the short film X or Y.

Rekha Mody, Founder and President of Stree Shakti – The Parallel Force, said: Women's literature is key to understanding women's concerns, challenges and aspirations. In the 21st century, Mahakavi Kalidasa's work is viewed from a gender perspective. "

The first Gender Influencer Award went to young Devansh Saraf for the short film X or Y.

Rekha Mody, Founder and President of Stree Shakti – The Parallel Force, said: Women's literature is key to understanding women's concerns, challenges and aspirations. In the 21st century, Mahakavi Kalidasa's work is viewed from a gender perspective. "

Sanskrit lives on and it knows no barriers: Satya Vrat Shastri

Muslims and Christians have made significant contributions to the development of the Sanskrit language, scholar Satya Vrat Shastri said at an event at the Jaipur Literature Festival on Sunday, saying the ancient language is dead and largely unknown in the modern world. I dismissed the idea that there was no relevance.

Muslims and Christians have made significant contributions to the development of the Sanskrit language, scholar Satya Vrat Shastri said at an event at the Jaipur Literature Festival on Sunday, saying the ancient language is dead and largely unknown in the modern world. dismissed the idea that it was not relevant.In India today, people who speak Sanskrit, a standardized dialect of ancient Indo-Aryan languages ​​such as Hindustani, Punjabi, Bengali, Gujarati and Marathi are only a few thousand. His 83-year-old Shastri said: Shastri has received honors and awards in nearly six countries. The language has always been a hot topic in India, where more than 1,500 native languages ​​are spoken.The Narendra Modi government's decision to celebrate Sanskrit Week last year was opposed by several South Indian politicians. Tamil Nadu CM at the time, J Jayalalithaa, described it as an attempt to impose the culture of one group of Native Americans on another. Sanskrit is a living, breathing language, drawing inspiration from Greek, Akkadian, and others, and has influenced other international languages ​​such as Thai and German, Shastri said. . "Language should not be associated with any religion, region or culture," he said.