Kashinath Gets Kavita Trust Award, Kavita Fondekar Wins Poetry Competition
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore
Mangalore, Dec 18: Konkani poet Kashinath Shamba Lolienkar has won the 'Mathias Family Kavita Puroskar - 2010' instituted by Kavita Trust. The award consists of Rs 10,000 in cash, a citation and a memento and is being given by Joseph Mathias, managing director, Merit Freight Systems LLC Dubai in his family's name.
Kashinath Shamba Lolienkar is the pen name of S D Tendulkar who resides in Mapusa, Goa. His poetry collections are 'Kashi Mhontta' (1982), 'Kashik Monchemch Poddtta' (1998), 'Kashin Monnpachem Soddunk Na' (1999), 'Kavya Sutr' (2009) and 'Kashi Khandd' (2010). Besides, he has published 'Chorus,' a collection of short plays and 'Valor,' a book on literary criticism.
His themes are rare, different and bold. His surrealistic poems stand high among any languages of Indian literature. He is delightfully different from all other poets. An iconoclast, a remover of masks, boldly and bitingly satirical, he casts a livid light on present society-hypocritical, conceited, self satisfied, insincere. Kashinath uses a colloquial idiomatic Konkani with ease and effect.
Kavita Trust had instituted the award two years ago. Aruna Rao Kundaje and Kavyadas from Mangalore have won this award on earlier occasions.
Kavita Fondekar Wins All India Poetry Competition
Kavita D Fondekar, a tenth grade student of Dayanand High School, Ponda has won the first prize in the late Charles and Theresa Rodrigues Memorial All India Konkani Poetry Competition 2010 for students being conducted by Kavita Trust for the fourth year in succession.
Kavita Fondekar, Divya Naik, Rufina D'Souza
A total of 226 students from Goa and Karnataka sent in their entries for the competition.
The second prize has been bagged by seventh grade student Divya Vivek Naik of Mahila and Nutan English High School and Rufina D'Souza, a tenth grade student of St Xavier's High School, Pernem has won the third prize.
The first prize will carry a cash prize of Rs 2000, second prize Rs 1000 and the third prize Rs 750. There will be eight appreciation prizes of Rs 100 each. All the 226 students will get certificates from Kavita Trust.
Last year's winner Prajna Kamath will take part in the multi-lingual poetry session during Kavita Fest.
The award and the prizes of the competition will be handed over during Kavita Fest 2011 to be held in Karkala on January 9, 2011 at Nakre George Castelino's courtyard. About 300 delegates from Karnataka, Goa, Kerala and Mumbai are likely to participate in this day-long event, which includes a youth poetry session, mulit-lingual poetry session, a seminar and Zagor - a folk dance drama by Guru Kripa Kala Sangam, Ponda.