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August 11, 2002 

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HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WINS INTERNATIONAL POETRY PRIZE

Anuja, Thiruvananthapuram

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Anuja, a 10th standard student of Holy Angels Convent, Thiruvananthapuram, has won the 1st prize in the poetry contest organized by the International Library of Poets, London, for her poem, ‘My Mother’.  The prize has nothing to do with the age of the author; the only criterion being the sparkling quality of the poem.

Anuja hadn’t meant to enter the contest.  But her uncle, who lives in England, after he happened to read the poem, insisted that it be sent to the Editors’ Choice contest.  Her poem has been included in the anthology, ‘Lasting Calm’, brought out by the International Library of Poets.

It isn’t in poetry writing alone that she excels in.  She is a regular participant in numerous science exhibitions.  Her entry, ‘Novel Spectrophotometer’ won the 1st prize in the South Indian School Science Exhibition held at Kollam recently.  This prize was followed by a special scholarship from the State Government.

While her father R.Krishnan, Executive Engineer, KSEB, is her guide and companion for science melas, it is her grandmother Lalitha, retired Chemistry professor, who is the motive force for her effort with the pen.

“For some poetry writing is akin to creating a conflagration from a tiny spark, while for others it is like labour pain.  For me it isn’t so.  I just write down what comes to my mind.  It is when the heart is filled with contentment that I write,” she says.

 

Courtesy: R.Sindhu, Kerala Kaumudi 

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