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Tamil writer Jayamohan has announced the Living Tamil Award for World Literature, carrying a prize of ₹1 crore. The grant volition beryllium presented for outstanding works successful satellite and Indian literature. The prize magnitude volition beryllium astir $100,000, and the victor volition beryllium announced simultaneously successful New Delhi and New York City.
Expressing his choler and condemnation implicit the conferment of the Jnanpith Award connected lyricist Vairamuthu, Mr Jayamohan said determination was nary request to basal earlier the Jnanpith.
He said galore women had called him and stressed the request to make “our ain grant for ourselves”. “Many said they would donate their jewels for instituting the award,” helium said.
Mr Jayamohan said it would beryllium India’s biggest literate award.
