Ramdev Dhurandhar a versatile Hindi novelist from Mauritius is going to receive IFFCO’s ‘Shri Lal Shukla Memorial Sahitya Samman’ for the year 2017 today on Wednesday in a function at NCUI auditorium in Delhi.
Shri Giriraj Kishor-the senior litterateur is the chief guest of the function. The literary event is likely to be attended by the Mauritius Ambassador to India Mr Jagdishwar Govardhan, among others.
This is the first time that the IFFCO is bestowing prestigious award to a foreign national. A distinguished Hindi writer Dhurandhar is known for his famous work “Pathrila sona” which was published in six volumes and captures the struggles of Indians who began migrating to Mauritius way back in 1838.
Earlier, the selection committee headed by D P Tripathy and consisting of critics like Nityanand Tiwary, Murlimanohar Prasad Singh and Dinesh Kumar Shukla zeroed in on Dhurandhar after going through his writings.
The IFFCO Literary award was started in 2011 in the name of famous litterateur Sri Lal Shukla and is given every year for outstanding writing on the life in the countryside. Srilal Shukla was a versatile writer who portrayed the life of rural as well as semi-urban areas in its totality and made a scathing attack on the exploitative system prevailing in the countryside. His book Rag Darbari remains a sensation till date.
