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Sahitya Akademi Award for Kannada Award for contributions to Kannada literature Award Awarded for Literary award in India Sponsored by Sahitya Akademi, Government of India Reward(s) ₹ 1 lakh (US$1,200) First awarded 1955 Last awarded 2023 Highlights Total awarded 69 First winner Kuvempu Recent winner K. V. Narayana Website sahitya-akademi.gov.in Part of a series on Sahitya Akademi Awards ...
Ambedkar's World: The Making of Babasaheb and the Dalit Movement Eleanor Zelliot: Untouchable Spring G. Kalyana Rao Understanding Caste: From Buddha To Ambedkar And Beyond Gail Omvedt: Seeking Begumpura Dalit Visions (Tracts for the Times) Ambedkar: Towards an Enlightened India Father May Be an Elephant and Mother Only a Small Basket, But...
The National Book Foundation (NBF) is an American nonprofit organization established with the goal "to raise the cultural appreciation of great writing in America." [1] Established in 1989 by National Book Awards, Inc., [2] the foundation is the administrator and sponsor of the National Book Awards, a set of literary awards inaugurated in 1936 and continuous from 1950.
Eleanor Zelliot (October 7, 1926 – June 5, 2016) was an American writer, professor of Carleton College [1] [2] and specialist on the India, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, women of Asia, Untouchables, and social movements.
The creed of exogamy, is not that sapindas (blood-kins) cannot marry, but a marriage between sagotras (gotras or clans of the same class) is regarded as a sacrilege. In spite of the endogamy of the castes within them, exogamy is strictly observed and that there are more rigorous penalties for violating exogamy than there are for violating endogamy.
Urdu literature (Urdu: ادبیاتِ اُردُو, “Adbiyāt-i Urdū”) comprises the literary works, written in the Urdu language.While it tends to be dominated by poetry, especially the verse forms of the ghazal (غزل) and nazm (نظم), it has expanded into other styles of writing, including that of the short story, or afsana (افسانہ).
The Class VIII (ages 12–13) book (Punjab Textbook Board) on Islamic Studies reads: "Honesty for non-Muslims is merely a business strategy, while for Muslims it is a matter of faith." The Class V (ages 9–10) book (Punjab Textbook Board) on Social Studies says: "Religion plays a very important role in promoting national harmony.