12-569: Surname disambiguation [REDACTED] Look up cour in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cour is a surname. Notable people with the name include: Ajeet Cour (born 1934), Indian writer Glenys Cour (born 1924), Welsh artist Pierre Cour (1924–1995), French songwriter See also [ edit ] Coursera (NYSE: COUR), American online education company All pages with titles containing Cour Cours (disambiguation) La Cour ,
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36-688: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Ajeet Cour Ajeet Cour (born 1934) is an Indian writer who writes in Punjabi . She is a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Padma Shri , the fourth-highest civilian award by the Government of India . Ajeet Cour was born in the family of Sardar Makhan Singh in 1934 in Lahore . She had her early education there. In her childhood, she
48-554: The working classes , unorganized sectors, tribal regions and other under-served regions in India. Frontline was first published in December 1984. It was originally intended to be a newspaper when it was started by the founders. They later had differences of opinion regarding the content and intent of the publication, and the magazine was sold to PL Investments Ltd, which later sold it to The Hindu Group . The magazine's long-serving editor
60-460: The "Letter from America" piece for the magazine, as well as reported on American issues. R. Ramachandran is the magazine's long-time contributor to the Science and Health segments. Frontline is noted for its thorough and rigorous coverage of issues, its long-form interviews, essays and columns. Aijaz Ahmed has called it the "best English language newsmagazine anywhere in the world". Since 1991,
72-590: The Kuvempu Rashtriya Puraskar award in 2019. Her works include 19 short story anthologies, novellas and novels, as well as nine translations. She has also edited over 20 works. In her autobiography, Weaving Water , translated from the original Punjabi into English and published in 2018, she discusses surviving domestic violence from her husband. In a review of one of her books of short stories, The Other Woman , Ziya Us Salam writes in The Hindu about
84-639: The chairperson of the Foundation of SAARC writers and literature (FOSWAL). Frontline (magazine) Frontline is a fortnightly English language magazine published by The Hindu Group of publications headquartered in Chennai , India. Vaishna Roy is the editor of the magazine. It is a news and views magazine that provides in-depth coverage on various topics such as politics, world affairs, culture, science, health, business and personalities. Frontline gives coverage to developmental issues and issues related to
96-459: The magazine has opposed the economic reforms of successive governments that encouraged disinvestment in state-owned corporations, and the opening up of areas like telecom and insurance to private and foreign players among others. Regular correspondent Dionne Bunsha received the Ramnath Goenka in 2007 for outstanding reporting in the field of environment and books. Journalist P. Sainath ,
108-509: The market principle at the cost of its humanity, a process that is equally the driving force of consumer-packaged globalisation as the neo-Hindu swadeshi, her chronicle is a stark warning that India should take note of." She served as the chairperson of the Academy of Art and Literature in New Delhi, and was part of the first delegation of Indian writers to visit Pakistan in 2003. She also served as
120-520: The story "Ali Baba’s Death", "Exposing the double standards of our society, the endless urge to be among the haves and pretend to have more than we have, she takes many digs at our system." She was described by Kuldip Singh Dhir in The Tribune as a writer who "portrayed angry rebellious women around us." In a review of Pebbles in a Tin Drum , Suneet Chopra writes for Frontline , "For a society opening up to
132-562: Was R. Vijaya Sankar, who retired in May 2022. The magazine's regular contributors include well-known progressive writers such as C.P. Chandrasekhar, Praful Bidwai , Jayati Ghosh , Hassnain Riza and Bhaskar Ghose. Aijaz Ahmad , the late Marxist literary critic and political analyst, contributed to the magazine on various topics. Vijay Prashad , the Marxist historian, used to be a regular columnist who sent
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#1732840919259144-434: Was also taught by Kartar Singh Hitkari (father of Amrita Pritam). After the partition , her family came to Delhi , where she earned an M.A. (Economics). She has written novels and short stories in the Punjabi language on social-realist themes such as the experience of women in relationships and their position in society. She received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1985, the civilian honour of Padma Shri in 2006, and
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