Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 15: Kewal Kumar Kewal – Cultural Secretary of Dogri Bhasha Academy, Jammu and distinguished humorous satire poet of Dogri and Hindi language, has been awarded with the Padma Bhushan (Dr ) Shiv Mangal Singh Suman Award.
This honour was conferred by Medium Literary Institute and Yuva Utkarsh Literary Forum Delhi in the 33rd Attahaas Samman Ceremony, organized on July 13 at Hindi Bhawan, New Delhi.
On this occasion, Padma Shri Ashok Chakradhar, Dr Captain Singh, satirist Alok Puranik, Anoop Srivastava, Subhash Chandra, Ram Kishore Upadhyay, Alok Shukla and others were also present.
In this program, the book of humorous satirical poems entitled “Poonch” , penned by Kewal Kumar Kewal was also launched.
Established humorous satirical poet and children’s poet of Hindi and Dogri language, Kewal Kumar ‘Kewal’ is presently working as a teacher in the Education Department of Jammu and Kashmir. Along with writing, he is also known as a Radio, TV and stage comedian. He has penned eight books, published so far in Hindi and Dogri language.