Sanskriti Awards presented
Thirty five year-old poet, affected by the Parkinson’s disease, from Manipur and a Kutiyattam practitioner were among the winners of the prestigious 31st Sanskriti Awards on Friday.
Giving away the awards, former IAS officer and chairman of the awards committee of the Sanskriti Pratisthan, Ashok Vajpeyi, said that though the winners started their journeys from darkness, they have finally given light to the society by their respective contributions.
“It was due to their constant endeavour that they are now savouring the fruits of success. More importantly, they have tried to change the society through their contributions in their respective fields,” said Mr Vajpeyi.
He further added that although, as of now, it appeared that lies ruled the roost in every field, be it politics, acting and even media, these award winners were mixture of creativity and youthfulness.
Mr Vajpeyi further said that the “art has to be encouraged and we need more institutions in India involved in this.”
The winners for 2010 Sanskriti Awards were: Thoudam Netrajit Singh for literature, Anahita Mukherji for journalism, Prajakta Potnis for art, Kapila Venu for dance and Street Survivors India (SSI), an NGO, for social achievement.
The award, which carries a cash prize of `50,000 and a citation, is given to young talents between 25 and 35 years of age.
Although suffering from Parkinson’s disease at such a young age, Mr Netrajit has fought the odds but kept his pen flowing.
His poetry takes up serious and burning issues being faced by the people in his native state Manipur like human rights violations.
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