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Satyajit Ray (2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992), Photo courtesy: Nemai Ghosh Films cannot change society. They never have. Show me a film that changed society or brought about any change, said master director Satyajit Ray in an interview for the American magazine Cineaste more than three decades ago. Poster of Ganashatru The remarks came from a man who was one of the most politically conscious directors India had ever produced and was never constrained by it. It s a political consciousness derived from the tumultuous years of the Naxalbari movement of the 1960s and 70s and the Emergency in the mid-seventies. It is reflected in Ray s films, such as Jana Aranya (The Middleman) and Pratidwandi (The Adversary). Later, he returned to the political theme in Hirok Rajar Deshey (In the Land of Diamond King) and in a different setting in Ganashatru (An Enemy of the People). Ray s Ghare Bairey (The Home and the World) also makes a strong political statement in pre-indepe ....
Veerappa Moily, Arundhathi Subramaniam, among others to receive Sahitya Akademi Award 2020 SECTIONS Last Updated: Mar 12, 2021, 07:11 PM IST Share Synopsis While Subramaniam won the award for her poetry collection When God is a Traveller in English, Moily was named for his epic poetry titled Sri Bahubali Ahimsadigvijayam in Kannada. Politician-writer M Veerappa Moily, poet Arundhathi Subramaniam are among 20 writers who will be bestowed with the Sahitya Akademi Award 2020. The national academy of letters announced the names on Friday during the opening day of its annual Festival of Letters event. While Subramaniam won the award for her poetry collection When God is a Traveller in English, Moily was named for his epic poetry titled Sri Bahubali Ahimsadigvijayam in Kannada. ....
KOLKATA: Eminent author Mani Shankar Mukhopadhyay, better known as Shankar, will be conferred the Sahitya Akademi Award 2020 for his memoir titled ‘Eka Eka Ekashi’. Author Subodh Sarkar, who is the convener of the Akademi’s advisory board for Bengali, told TOI that this award for the 87-year-old writer had been “long overdue”. On being asked if he too felt that the award was long overdue, Shankar said, “The answer is a yes and a no. At the London Bookfair, I was asked why it had taken so long for the English translation of ‘Chowringhee’ to reach globally.I know, it’s always worth the wait.” ....
While Subramaniam won the award for her poetry collection When God is a Traveller in English, Moily was named for his epic poetry titled Sri Bahubali Ahimsadigvijayam in Kannada. ....
Sahitya Akademi Award 2020: M Veerappa Moily, Arundhathi Subramaniam Among Winners outlookindia.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from outlookindia.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.