: Author Namita Gokhale wins Sahitya Akademi Award for her novel ‘Things to leave behind’ #IndiaNEWS Author Namita Gokhale is among 20 writers to have been conferred with the Sahitya Akademi Award

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Author Namita Gokhale wins Sahitya Akademi Award for her novel ‘Things to leave behind’ #IndiaNEWS
Author Namita Gokhale is among 20 writers to have been conferred with the Sahitya Akademi Award for 2021. She won the award for her English novel “Things to leave behindâ€?.Anita Vachharajani won the Bal Sahitya Puraskar, which is awarded for children’s literature, for her book “Amrita Sher-gil: Rebel with a paintbrushâ€?, a biography of the Hungarian-Indian painter. Megha Majumdar won the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar, awarded to young writers, for her novel “A burningâ€?.Gokhale said on Twitter that she was “deeply honouredâ€? on receiving the award. “Feel a deep sense of pride and gratitude to belong to the vibrant Indian literatures,â€? she said.Deeply honoured by the Sahitya Akademi Award for English, 2021 for my novel Things To Leave Behind. Feel a deep sense of pride and gratitude to belong to the vibrant Indian literatures. #ManyLanguagesOneLiterature @sahityaakademi @PenguinIndia @JaipurLitFest pic.twitter.com/RbNuJdtAXv— Namita Gokhale (@NamitaGokhale_) December 30, 2021 Vachharajani said that she was “honoured and privilegedâ€? by the award. “Our stories, our artists, our scientists need to he celebrated,â€? she said.Gokhale’s novel Things To Leave Behind, published in 2016, draws on themes of colonialism, caste and culture and tells the story of young Tilottama Dutt and her daughter, Deoki. A review of the book in Scroll.in said that Gokhale demonstrated her strength “in painting the most vivid pictures of the hills and dales in and around...Read more

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