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Noted poet Attoor Ravi Varma has bagged this year’s Ezhuthachan Puraskaram. The award comprises a cash prize of Rs one lakh a citation and a plaque. He is one of the pioneers of modern Malayalam poetry who has won the Kendra Sahitya Academy Award for his contributions to literary world. Attoor Ravi Varma was born at Attoor in Thrissur on October 27, 1930. He had served as a lecturer in Malabar Christian College and University College.

At last Malayalam University!

It is a matter of happiness for all the Malayalis in the world.

Sukumar Azhikode

Sukumar Azhikode, award-winning writer, scholar and probably the most influential Gandhian intellectual in Kerala, died at a private hospital here on Tuesday.

Professor Azhikode, who would have turned 86 on May 12, had been fighting cancer for nearly a year. Hailing from Kannur in north Kerala, he had made Thrissur his home but would be cremated at the historic Payyambalam beach in Kannur on Wednesday, in deference to the wishes of his relatives. He will get full State honours.

An intellectual giant, a great humanist, a cultural guru, a committed secularist, a champion of human rights and a sentinel of social values, he gave expression to his ideals through more than 35 books, thousands of articles and countless orations — all laced with grace, dignity and humour. As a literary critic, he upheld the timeless values of the classics. His range was wide, ranging from Indian philosophy, Vedas and Upanishads to the subtly nuanced pure literary criticism. His writings on poetry gravitated towards sociological and cultural criticism.

Professor Azhikode's most noted work Tatvamasi (1984) had won the Central Sahitya Akademi and the Kerala Sahithya Akademi awards and over half-a-dozen other honours, including the prestigious Vayalar Award.

In 2007, Professor Azhikode famously rejected the Padma Shri award conferred on him, contending that such awards were against the Constitution. “The Constitution says everyone should be treated as equal. Giving such honours at different levels, the State discriminates between people. I see the Padma Shri conferred on me as an opportunity to expose this discrimination,” he had said.

His concerns were wide and touched upon progressive literature (Purogamanasahityavum Mattum), Gandhism (Mahatmavinte Margam), Kumaran Asan (Aasaante Seethaakavyam), the teachings of Sree Narayana Guru (Guruvinte Dukham) and literary aesthetics (Sankara Kurup Vimarshikkapedunnu).

Dr Bhupen Hazarika

2011 November 5
Legendary singer-composer Dr Bhupen Hazarika passes away.
Dr Hazarika was born in Sadiya, Assam in 1926 and began his career as a child artist in the film Indramalti singing Biswha Bijoy Noi Jawan.

A balladeer who composed his own lyrics and music, Dr Hazarika lent his voice to the film Gandhi To Hitler, where he sang Mahatma Gandhi's favourite bhajan, Vaishnava Jana To.

Dr Hazarika produced, directed, composed music and sang for Assamese films such as Era Batar Sur (1956), Shakuntala (1960), Pratidhwani (1964), and Lotighoti (1967).

A lesser known fact about the musical genius was that he was a trained journalist, who had studied Mass Communications from the prestigious Columbia University in the forties. As a reporter, he covered the Chinese War, which is where he wrote the poignant Koto Juwanor Mrityu Hol sitting in the Bomdila Club with a heap of dead bodies of Indian soldiers.

He was deeply involved in political and social issues and remained the peoples' voice, bridging all gaps between an area which is otherwise seen as virtually cut off.

He composed the music for several outstanding Bengali films, such as Jiban Trishna, Jonakir Alo, and Chameli Memsaab.

Involved in the Indian Civil Society Movement from his childhood, he continued writing and composing masterpieces steeped in social consciousness, which ironically are a striking contrast to the famous love songs for which he gained mass recognition.

Dr Hazarika, who had a genius for weaving a magical tapestry out of traditional Assamese music and lyrics, was regarded as one of the greatest living cultural communicators of South Asia.

Many in this country identify him with the song Dil Hum Hum Kare (Rudaali 1993), which was the Hindi version of the famous song Buku Hom Hom Kare.

He was awarded the Padma Bhushan (2001), the Dadasaheb Phalke Award (1992), the Asom Ratna (2009) and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (2009).

Dr Hazarika was also recognised as the first Indian music director for Best Music internationally for the film Rudaali at the Asia Pacific International Film Festival in Japan in 1993.

He was also the winner of the All India Critic Association Award for the Best Performing Folk Artist (1979).

This year he celebrated his birthday, sadly, in the ICU of the hospital on September 8 when he cut a cake with fans who sang his favourite numbers.

Courtesy:ndtv. Sandhehi pays homage to this great musician.