MOHANKRISHNA BOHARA WINS BIHARI PURASKAR

NEW DELHI: Mohankrishna Bohara will be awarded the 30th Bihari Puraskar Award for his critical work ‘Taslima: Sangharsh aur Sahitya’, the KK Birla Foundation said in a statement on Thursday. The Bihari Puraskar is one of the three literary awards instituted by the KK Birla Foundation in 1991. Named after famous poet Bihari, the award carries a cash prize of ₹2.5 lakh, a plaque and a citation.

The award is given every year for an outstanding work published in the last 10 years by a Rajasthani author in Hindi or Rajasthani. The recipient is chosen by a selection committee, whose present chairman is Om Thanvi. After considering the works published during 20102019, ‘Taslima: Sangharsh aur Sahitya’ by Bohra was selected for the Bihari Puraskar, 2020.

Born on July 27, 1939 in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur, Bohara has written critical pieces across mediums in a literary career spanning decades.