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Award for P. Sainath

By Our Special Correspondent

CHENNAI, SEPT. 21. The Rural Affairs Editor of The Hindu , P. Sainath, has won the Shaheed Niyogi Memorial Award for Journalism 2004 for writings on labour issues and the workers movement.

The second prize was shared by Subhash Gatade, a freelance journalist in New Delhi, and Susheel Sharma of Bastar Bandhu, Kanker, Chhattisgarh. Special inspirational prizes would be given to Kumar Pankaj of Rashtriya Sahara, New Delhi; Anuj Sinha of Prabhat Khabar, Jamshedpur; Shyam Kishore Sharma of Hari Bhoomi, Rajim, Chhattisgarh; and Kamal Kamokar of Nav Bharat Times, Raipur.

The award will be given on September 28 during the public meeting organised by the Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha to observe Shaheed Niyogi's "shahadaat diwas."

The jury, consisting of Kuldip Nayar, Anand Swaroop Verma and Jameela Nishat, took into consideration writings during the last three years.

The award was instituted in 1998 to recognise the contribution of journalists in upholding the legacy of Shanker Guja Niyogi, the firebrand trade union leader and social activist from Chhattisgarh who was murdered on September 28, 1991 by the industrial mafia.

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