The names of Khushwant Singh Memorial awardees have been announced yesterday for the current year. This award has been instituted by Mr. Sohail Seth. It consist of Rs. 2 lakh. This award is given to poets of English language or the translations of English Poetry in any Indian language. This year the 5 books which have been selected for the award are: “Escape Artist” by Ms. Mridula Swamy, “Central Time” of Mr. Ranjeet Hoscott, “When God is a traveler” by Ms. Arundati Subramanyam, “Fire Altar” of Mr. Keki N. Daruwalla and “Selected Poems” of Joy Goswamy which has been translated by Mr. Sampurna Chatterjee.
–Siasat News