Kamala Anshu Award conferred on five women litterateurs

GANGTOK, 22 July: ‘Sahityakar Kamala Anshu Smriti Trust’ conferred five women litterateurs of Sikkim and Darjeeling with the Kamala Anshu award on Saturday.
The award was conferred to honour the “sincere dedication” of these women towards the promotion of Nepali literature in India. The awardees are: Dr. Kavita Lama from Darjeeling, Draupadi Ghimiray, social activist turned litterateur, Kavita subba, Linu Khaling and Binashree Kharel.
The award consists of cash award of Rs. 5,555, a shawl and citation.
Bijay Bantawa, trustee of Sahityakar Kamala Anshu Smriti Trust informed that he had decided to form the trust on the advice of literary personalities from across the nation in memory of the contributions and dedication of Late Kamala Anshu.
He said that the trust has decided to publish a ‘Smriti Grantha’ dedicated to the late Anshu. Late Anshu was born on 23 May, 1955 and had died on 11 March 2006 at the age of 50.
Bal Vikash students also performed Mangala charan and Ved Mantra and Inspector General of Police, Akshay Sachdeva, performed a Bhajan.
Kamala Anshu has been an inspiration for many aspiring writers and social worker said Bijay Bantawa, adding that although is no more, she has more than 1000 literary works to her name. Senior journalist CD Rai and renowned litterateur of Darjeeling, Bindhya Subba also addressed the gathering while Dr. Kavita Lama highlighted on various aspects of late Kamala Anshu.