 | Eminent Assamese writer and Jnanpith awardee Nilmani Phookan dies at 90Author of several collections of poetry, his principal works, includes 'Phuli Thoka Suryamukhi Phulor Phale' (To a Sunflower in bloom), 'Golapi Jamur Lagna' (The Raspberry Moment), 'Kobita' (Poems). |
 | In a first, English author Amitav Ghosh wins Jnanpith awardGhosh is a path- breaking novelist. In his novels, Ghosh treads through historical settings to the modern era and weaves a space where the past connects with the present, said Bharatiya Jnanpith. |
