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One for the Man Asia Award
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Sayad Salim’s works speak about the shortcomings in minority communities with a human touch.
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Sayad Salim, aged 48, though a postgraduate in Geophysics and a Deputy Commissioner in the Income Tax Department, has been a name to reckon with in Telugu literature. So far, he has five novels, 127 short stories and two compilations of poetic anthologies to his credit. Almost all of them stand considered as radiant reflection of his heartfelt concern for the ills that bog down the society and his zeal for reformation. No wonder, he was the choice for two prestigious awards - the first ever Vasireddy Sita Devi Rachana Puraskaram and the Chaso Spoorthi Award that he received on December 7 at a function in Vijayawada and on January 17 at Vizianagaram respectively.
Three noted literary bodies, Esskay Foundation, Mosaic Literary Association and Visakha Sahithi jointly organsied a seminar on his literary works at the Visakhapatnam Public Library last Saturday coinciding with Muharram. Noted novelists, writers and poets like Manjari, K.G. Venu, Jagaddhatri, Garimella Nageswara Rao, Y. Prabhakara Rao, Ramatheertha and others gave a discerning analysis of Salim’s short stories Roopayi Chettu’ and Chadarapu Yenugu, novels Vendi Megham and Jeevanmruthudu, stories Burqha and Sixth son-in-law.
The simple, reader-friendly idiom adapted by Salim, his focus on the plight of the fair sex in the Muslim community like denial of opportunities for higher education, forced marriages for monetary considerations etc told with a human touch made Salim popular, they opined. The novel Vendi Megham is now being translated into English and will be sent as an entry for Man Asia Award 2008, Ramatheertha informed and added that some of his works have already been translated into English and Hindi.
Noted writer-poet L.R. Swamy who chaired the session and Head of the Department, AU, K. Sudarsana Raju who was guest of honour, summed up the proceedings.
A. R.S
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