Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 29: In an online function organized by Dogri Sanstha Jammu, the annual Prof Ramnath Shastri Memorial award was presented to Col Raaz Manawari.
Anuradha Gupta, Director School Education, Jammu was the chief guest on the occasion. This was the 7th award which is given every year to an author whose first book published in Dogri is adjudged to be the best among all such books published in the preceding five years.
Raaz Manawari is the pen name of Col Subhash Bali (Rtd), who published his first book “Haamb” containing Dogri ghazals and Rubais, after his retirement.
This prestigious award is instituted by the family of late Prof Ramnath Shastri and carries a cash amount of Rs 21000, a memento, a citation and a shawl.
Anuradha Gupta, while speaking after the award ceremony, observed that awarding the first book of an author is the most befitting tribute to Prof Shastri, who throughout his life, encouraged new and budding writers so that more and more talented writers could enrich Dogri language and literature.
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