Jharna Das Purakayastha wins Anannya Literary Award

National Professor Kabir Chowdhury hands over the Anannya Literary Award for the Bangla year 1415 to noted litterateur Jharna Das Purakayastha at a ceremony at the National Museum in the city yesterday.Photo: STAR

Noted litterateur Jharna Das Purakayastha has won the Anannya Literary Award for the Bangla year 1415.
National Professor Kabir Chowdhury handed over the award to Jharna at a ceremony at the National Museum in the city yesterday.
Thanking the Anannya, Jharna Das Purakayastha said, “This award inspires me to come up with better write-ups. Today it has once again been proven that perseverance pays off.”
“There is no alternative to book, which creates a world of diversity for a human being, but it is a matter of sorrow that in today's world the number of advertisements for cellphone or soft drinks is much more higher than that of the books,” Jharna Das said.
Jharna was born on July 27, 1945 in Sunamganj.
Professor Kabir Chowdhury said, “Human quality is the most important feature of Jharna's works.”
Pointing the emergence of communal power and the dismantling of the Baul sculptures in the city, Prof Kabir said, “The communal power would have to be resisted with the spirit of literature.”
“Rise of communal power will be a big hurdle for advancement of women in the society,” he added.
Litterateur Selina Hossain said, “Only giving recognition to a writer is not the aim of this award, but the effort is to inspire the cultural arena.”
Executive Editor of the Anannya Dil Monowara Monu delivered the welcome speech while Progya Laboni was the moderator of the programme.
Writers Rizia Rahman, Prof Syed Manzoorul Islam and Prof Bishwajit Ghosh also spoke on the occasion.