Keralite trans woman Sruthy Sithara has won the Miss Trans Global pageant.
Category: Arts, Culture & Entertainment
** India, Bangladesh to observe Maitri Divas on December 6
The two countries had decided during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh in March to commemorate December 6 as Maitri Divas as it was on this day in 1971 that India recognised the new country.
** Dinyar Patel’s biography of Dadabhai Naoroji wins Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize 2021
The prize is named after institution-builder Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay who had contributed significantly to the freedom struggle of India
**Telugu film lyricist ‘Sirivennela’ Seetharama Sastry passes away
* The real picture
Three characters, 15 minutes and one message…that’s One Right Kick, a Kannada short film that has won 12 international awards in the category of Best Film on Women.
** Anna Ben, Jayasurya and others receive 51st Kerala State Film Awards
** Labhpur Dhatridebata Museum: A small homage to a giant of Bengali literature
The ancestral home of Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay, once decrepit, now beckons visitors and lovers of literature
Kolkata
** IPI honours for NDTV, The Week teams
Sreenivasan Jain and Mariyam Alavi of NDTV, Lakshmi Subramanian and Bhanu Praksh Chandra of The Week get Award for Excellence in Journalism
The IPI India Award for Excellence in Journalism-2021 has been given jointly to Sreenivasan Jain and Mariyam Alavi of NDTV and Lakshmi Subramanian and Bhanu Prakash Chandra of The Week.
** Enthralling story of ruby-studded stirrups
The Collector donated a pair of gold stirrups, studded with rubies, to Goddess Meenakshi, who had saved his life.
Refusing to go back to England after superannuation, Rous Peter spent his last days in Madurai.
As per his wish, he was interred at the St. George’s Church.
Madurai