MT wins Ramu Kariat Award
Thrissur: The first Oruma-Ramu Kariat Awards, instituted by the Oruma Nattika Beach Festival Organisation Committee, have been announced. Playback singer K.J. Jesudas has been selected for the lifetime achievement award. The awards in the other categories go to Hariharan (best director), M.T. Vasudevan Nair (best scenarist), Mammootty (best actor), Vidyasagar (best music director) and Madhu Balakrishnan (best playback singer).
Source: The Hindu
NSS Camp at GUP School
The first unit of National Service Scheme (NSS) alloted to Anakkara Panchayath comes into action with a one week camp at GUP School, Kudallur. The camp is scheduled to begin on 21st December, 2009. About 50 students and supporting faculty are expected to attend the camp. Many awareness classes and training sessions are also planned in association with the event.
M.T. Vasudevan Nair wins Ezhuthachan Award
Eminent writer M.T. Vasudevan Nair, popularly known as MT, has been chosen for the Ezhuthachan Award, the highest literary prize instituted by the Kerala government.
Announcing the award at a news conference in Kozhikode on Tuesday, Minister for Culture K.C. Joseph, said that a jury chaired by literary critic M. Leelavathi, decided to confer the honour on MT in recognition of his literary career spanning more than 50 years.
The award consists of a cash prize of Rs. 1.5 lakh, a citation and a memento. The date of presentation of the award will be announced later. This year the government decided to increase the cash prize from Rs. 1 lakh, the Minister said.
The jury felt that the Ezhuthachan award had been long overdue to the 78-year- old writer, who had won the Jnanpith Award for Randamoozham( Second Turn) in 1995. By choosing MT, the worth of the award had also increased, Mr. Joseph said.
The Minister said that MT had won the Kerala Sahitya Academy Awards for his novel Nalukettuin 1958; drama, Gopura Nadayil in 1982 and short story, Swargam Thurakkunna Samayam in 1986. He had also been conferred with the Kendra Sahitya Academy Award for his novel Kaalam in 1970.
