Nominations for Parasmani Puraskar start in Kalimpong

Kalimpong,Pradip Lohagun: The ‘Nepali Sahitya Adhyaan Samiti’ of Kalimpong has started choosing nominees for annual literary award ‘Parasmani Puraskar’, starting today. Samiti secretary Balbhadra Sharma said, “The award is given every year on January 26. We have started selecting the candidate for the award.”
The Samiti today made a press release and announced the different criterion for winning the award. Sharma added the Samiti will make the names of nominees’ public on December 21. He added people who consider themselves eligible for the award can personally approach the Samiti. According to the released statement, candidates applying for the award should be an Indian citizen with minimum 25 years of contribution to literature. The winner might also be chosen based on their contribution to various papers, magazines and books. The award was given to poet Birendra Subba last year.