Manisha Kulshreshtha won 28th Bihari Puraskar Award

Manisha Kulshreshtha won 28th Bihari Puraskar Award

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Manisha Kulshreshtha awarded the 28th Bihari Puraskar for 2018 for her novel Swapnapash. The award is presented by the KK Birla Foundation for writers of Rajasthani origin. It is given annually to an outstanding work in Hindi or Rajasthani published in the past ten years. The famous Hindi poet Bihari, the award carries a cash prize of ~2.5 lakh, a citation, and a plaque. Fifty-two-year-old Kulshreshtha was born in Jodhpur and is a graduate in science and postgraduate in Hindi literature. She is known for her works like Shigaf, Shalbhanjika, and Panchkanya. Kulshreshtha has presented a lively description of a woman with schizophrenia, her life, her dreams, expectation, and apprehensions. A freelance writer, Kulshreshtha, also edits Hindi web magazine Hindi Next. KK Birla Foundation KK Birla Foundation director Suresh Rituparn established by KK Birla to work in areas like education, culture, academics, art, and health. The Bihari Puraskar is one of the three literary awards instituted by the Foundation in 1991. The jury this year comprised Nand Bharadwaj, Hemant Shesh, Murlidhar Vaishnav, Alka Saraogi, Om Thanvi, and Dr. Suresh Rituparn.o