Jnanpith Award for writer Raghuveer Chaudhari

NEW DELHI: President Pranab Mukherjee conferred the 51st Jnanpith Award on renowned writer, Raghuveer Chaudhari, on Monday during a function held at Parliament Library

NEW DELHI: President Pranab Mukherjee conferred the 51st Jnanpith Award on renowned writer, Raghuveer Chaudhari, on Monday during a function held at Parliament Library Building, New Delhi.

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The President said an eminent scholar and a Gandhian in spirit and behaviour, Chaudhari represents the fluid brilliance that characterises India’s pluralistic literary genius. It is indeed an example of his brilliant fluidity that an author, who strove to master Hindi academically, expressed himself in Gujarati in his literary pursuit.