Jharkhand
Second Subarnashila Samman
- 11 Sep 2023
- 3 min read
Why In News?
On September 9, 2023, 'Subarnashila Samman', given every year by 'Vibhuti Smriti Sansad', a cultural literary organization of Ghatshila city of Jharkhand, for notable literary contribution in other languages including Bengali, this year the National Executive Member of Ghatshila's Literary Progressive Writers Association and State Deputy General Secretary Shekhar Mallik along with Dilip Chakraborty and Shanta Chakraborty have been announced.
key points
- It is known that last year this honor was given to important Hindi storyteller Ranendra ji.
- This year, along with litterateur Shekhar Mallik, senior Bengali writer, journalist Dilip Chakraborty (co-editor with Mitra Sen Majumdar of the book 'Untold Stories of IPTA and Niranjan Sen') and Bengali language poet Shanta Chakraborty are also being given this honour.
- It is known that 5 books of Shekhar Mallik have been published so far. The country's well-known writer Shekhar Mallik writes stories of social and political concerns. His novel Kalchiti on tribal life is very famous and stories like 'Dyanmari', 'Jungle More Duladia' are also popular.
- In the same year, Shekhar received the prestigious youth award of the Indian Language Council, Kolkata.
- Dilip Chakraborty is an honorary life member of the Kolkata Press Club. He has received the Kalam Sena honour. Some of the famous books of Dilip Chakraborty are 'Tahader Prem Katha', 'Lock Downer Dinguli' and 'Shreni Sangramer Sabyasachi' etc.
- Shanta Chakraborty writes poetry and does journalism. That source is the editor of Swamini Ichchamati. His poems have been highly appreciated in the Bengali speaking reader community.
- According to the information released by 'Vibhuti Smriti Sansad' Ghatshila, on the occasion of the 129th birth anniversary of Vibhuti Bhushan Bandyopadhyay, this felicitation ceremony will be organized under a literary gathering at Vibhuti Manch, College Road (Ghatshila) on September 12, 2023.
- In this Sahitya Sabha, famous theater director Probir Guha, Sahitya Akademi Youth Award winning English writer Souvendra Shekhar Hansda and many literary lovers and theater artists from Kolkata, Ghatsila and surrounding areas will gather.
