Palki 6 Award announcement

Palki 6 awards

Congratulations to the winners!

Finally, we are in a position to announce the winners for Palki 6. Unforeseen circumstances forced this unintentional delay, for which we apologize. But then, c’est la vie! We are grateful to our judges, all busy professionals in their own fields – Piyas Chakraborty, Sushanta Biswas and Dr. Souvick Mitra – for meticulously evaluating the submissions in Palki 6 and help us celebrate the excellence of our winners. Piyas is a statistician working with the software industry, and in love with literature. Sushanta is a tele-film and documentary film maker, the editor of Charcha the webzine, and a freelance journalist. Dr. Mitra is a senior scientist with IBM, USA, and a life-long literature and art aficionado. We thank them for their precious time.

Our readers, contributors, friends and well-wishers, thank you all from the bottom of our hearts for your participation in Palki, your love and support.

The winners are:

Prose:
• 1st Prize: 1000 INR - Barnali Saha (Banerjee) for A Tale of the Sea
• 2nd Prize (Joint): 800 INR - Sangita Kalarickal for How Do I Love Thee
• 2nd Prize (Joint): 800 INR - Subhobroto Mazumder for Double-Crossed
Poetry:
• 1st Prize: 600 INR - Sauranshu Sinha for Poem Collections
• 2nd Prize: 500 INR - Indranil Bakshi for Poem Collections
Photography:
• 1st Prize:600 INR - Avik De for Snippets from Sojourns
• 2nd Prize: 500 INR - Kamakshi Sachidanandam for Snippets from Life
Art:
• 1st Prize: 600 INR - Debangana Banerjee for Lithographs
• 2nd Prize: 500 INR - Barnali Saha (Banerjee) for Potpourri of Paintings

Please click on your certificate image to download a PDF document of the certificate that you can print.

How to receive awards?

There are two simple ways to receive the award from Palki.

1. PayPal: If you don’t know about paypal, please visit www.paypal.com and get an free account with them. You can easily attach your bank account with your paypal account. We prefer the paypal method. Easiest and most convenient, and often instantaneous.
2. Bank Draft: We can also send you draft if you live in India. We need to have your correct address for this purpose (therefore, winners, please contact us ASAP).

If you are outside India, an equivalent of INR in dollars will be sent.