-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | | | | Watch this space for more details | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Missing link in Akademi awards list RAJU NAYAK Saturday, December 24, 2005 at 0116 hours IST
PANAJI, DECEMBER 23: When the Sahitya Akademi announced the names of winners of its annual literary awards yesterday, there was one language unrepresented among them. After a controversy arose over the provenance of a poetry collection, the executive committee of the Akademi held back the name of the Bengali award winner. The committee apparently could not ascertain whether Benoy Muzumdar's poetry collection, Haspatale Lekha Kabitaguhha, selected for the honour, was an original work or a compilation of his earlier published work. For the award, the Sahitya Akademi only selects books that have 70 per cent original content as opposed to being a compilation of earlier published work. Professor Gopi Chand Narang, president of the Akademi, only told the media that the award for Bengali could not be announced due to technical reasons. Sources said that executive panel member representing Bengali, Debyendyu Palit, was absent for the meeting in Goa and clarification regarding the Bengali book could not be obtained. As a result Muzumdar's name, initially appended to the awardee's list, was deleted before the announcement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | | | | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --------------------------------------------------------------------------
