: Deshathinte Jathakam , a novel by K.R.Vishwanathan, has bagged the Poorna Uroob award for the best novel.
Mr. Vishwanathan is a government school teacher from Malappuram district. Harish V. of the School of Drama bagged the first prize in the short-story competition held for students through his work Oru Kalpanikkarante Charithram Kunhamma Parayunnu . Tino Grace Thomas of Sanskrit University, Kaladi bagged the second prize in the category for his work Kadal Ganitham .