Darjeeling, 22 December: The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) has decided to revive the prestigious ‘Giri Puraskar’ after six years. This time, the award is being conferred to the renowned Nepali musician Karma Yonzone and a writer Bindya Subba for their immense contribution in the field of Arts.
The awardee will also receive Rs 1 lakh, a citation and a medal on the occasion celebrating the 85th birth anniversary of the late Nepali poet Agam Singh Giri on 27 December.
“On the occasion of the poet’s 85th birth anniversary, we are reviving Giri award to be bestowed to Karma Yonzone and Bindya Subba,” the assistant director of the Information and Cultural Affairs, GTA, Mr Bhupendra Kant Ghising said, adding that, “The seven-member panel headed by Mr RB Bhujel had decided on the names to confer the award.”
Many said that the then Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council (DGHC) had instituted the award in 1994 to commemorate the poet, Agam Singh Giri.
“The GTA executive member of the Information and Cultural Affairs Mr Binay Tamang had announced last year to revive the Giri award,” Mr Ghisingh said.
It can be mentioned here that musician Karma Yonzone (75) has more than 500 compositions. On 1985, he received Bhanu Puraskar and innumerable other awards from Nepal and Sikkim.
His song Pahadki Rani Darjeeling meaning ‘Darjeeling, the queen of Hills’ was dedicated to the late poet Agam Singh Giri.
“I didn’t know that I was being honoured with the Giri award. It is good to revive the award as even the name and works of the renowned poet Agam Singh Giri was slowly getting vanished,” Yonzone said.
On the other hand, Bindya Subba (59) has 14 published novels and has written innumerable short stories, essays and collections of poems in Nepali. She received ‘Sahitya Academy,’ a national award in the year 2003 on one of her novel ‘Athah’ meaning unfathomable.(SNS)
The awardee will also receive Rs 1 lakh, a citation and a medal on the occasion celebrating the 85th birth anniversary of the late Nepali poet Agam Singh Giri on 27 December.
“On the occasion of the poet’s 85th birth anniversary, we are reviving Giri award to be bestowed to Karma Yonzone and Bindya Subba,” the assistant director of the Information and Cultural Affairs, GTA, Mr Bhupendra Kant Ghising said, adding that, “The seven-member panel headed by Mr RB Bhujel had decided on the names to confer the award.”
Many said that the then Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council (DGHC) had instituted the award in 1994 to commemorate the poet, Agam Singh Giri.
“The GTA executive member of the Information and Cultural Affairs Mr Binay Tamang had announced last year to revive the Giri award,” Mr Ghisingh said.
It can be mentioned here that musician Karma Yonzone (75) has more than 500 compositions. On 1985, he received Bhanu Puraskar and innumerable other awards from Nepal and Sikkim.
His song Pahadki Rani Darjeeling meaning ‘Darjeeling, the queen of Hills’ was dedicated to the late poet Agam Singh Giri.
“I didn’t know that I was being honoured with the Giri award. It is good to revive the award as even the name and works of the renowned poet Agam Singh Giri was slowly getting vanished,” Yonzone said.
On the other hand, Bindya Subba (59) has 14 published novels and has written innumerable short stories, essays and collections of poems in Nepali. She received ‘Sahitya Academy,’ a national award in the year 2003 on one of her novel ‘Athah’ meaning unfathomable.(SNS)