05 May,2011 08:14 AM IST | | The Guide Team
The second edition of Tagore Literature Awards will bring together exemplary writers in eight Indian languages on a common dais today
Eight Indian languages up on stage together? Celebrating the 150th anniversary of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore who was born on May 7, 1861, the second edition of Tagore Literature Awards will honour selected literary works in Assamese, Dogri, Marathi, Oriya, Rajasthani, Santhali, Tamil and Urdu.
For those who are fans of Tagore, an ambassador of our culture to the rest of the world and the first non-European to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, there will be treats galore in the form of readings from Tagore's works. Santoor maestro Rahul Sharma will pay homage to Gurudev, as Tagore's sobriquet goes, with Rabindra sangeet.
Rahul Sharma. PIC/ Sayed Sameer Abediu00a0
The awards have been instituted by Samsung India in 2009 in collaboration with the Sahitya Akademi (the central institution for literary dialogue, publication and promotion in the country), to encourage Indian language literature and talent. Says AK Murthy, secretary of Sahitya Akadami, "These awards will multiply our efforts in recognising and promoting lndian literary work and talent."
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At Rabindra Natya Mandir, Prabhadevi, Dadar (W).
Passes by invitation only.
