“All my writings are like love letters to people,” said Sirshendu Mukhopadhyay, noted Bengali writer and recipient of Kuvempu Rashtriya Puraskara. “Whatever I write, I keep people in mind. Whether it is a short story or a novel, it is my token of my love for humanity,” Mukhopadhyay said.
He spoke after accepting the award presented at a function organised by the Rashtrakavi Kuvempu Trust at Kuppali in Tirthahalli taluk on Friday.
Mukhopadhyay said he was honoured to receive the award instituted in the name of Kuvempu. “I have read some of Kuvempu’s poems in English translation. He is one of the great poets of the 20th century. I visited Kavishyla, where the poet meditated. I am elated by the beautiful environment here,” he said.
