Doha: Sanskriti-CV Sriraman Sahitya Award ceremony will be held on Friday, December 30 at 6.30 pm at ICC Ashoka Hall, officials of Sanskriti said in a press release. This year’s award was given to the story ‘Maneem Indira Gandhi’ written by Priya Joseph, an American expatriate Malayali.
Presently the most valuable Pravasi short story award for the best Malayalam short story is the Sanskriti-CV Sriraman Sahitya Award, which carries a prize of Rs 50,000 and a plaque. Literary and critic Dr. The short story deserving of this year’s award was selected by the committee chaired by EP Rajagopalan and literary writers Ashtamurthy and Shinilal as members.
Since 2014, the award has been organized only for expatriate Malayalis living in GCC countries, and from 2022, it will be extended to expatriates all over the world and the story written by Priya Joseph from many stories including Japan, Australia, European countries, Canada and America has been awarded the award. Cultural programs and Dr. EP Rajagopalan’s lecture and other artistic programs will be part of the function.