Subham Chandra Wins Banabhatta Saahityik Puraskaar 2023
Hindustan Bytes Media 
Banabhatta Saahityik Puraskaar 2023 by Cherry Book Awards is a literary award that recognizes and felicitates contemporary Indian writers for their outstanding contribution to Indian Literature. The award aims to promote and celebrate the diversity of Indian literature by honoring the works of emerging and established writers across different genres and languages. One of the most deserving winners of Banabhatta Saahityik Puraskaar 2023 is Subham Chandra.
About Subham Chandra
The 21 year old Subham Chandra believes in words thay can be used to showcase and change perspectives. He hails from Bhubaneswar and has had experience in writing for magazines and blogs. He has written in about 22 antholologies and his work has been published in 4 reputed magazines. He writes in English, Hindi and Odia. He was a writer in the platform Quora for sometime under the name "K.D. The Underdog Ace." and had about 1500 followers, before deleting his account for personal reasons. He has written a solo book "The Anglerfish - A collection of lives never lived". He's currently a 2nd year MBBS student at SLNMCH Koraput.
About Banabhatta
Banabhatta was an Indian Sanskrit scholar and poet who lived in the 7th century CE. He is best known for his literary work, the Kadambari, a romantic novel that tells the story of the love between the prince Chandrapeeda and the princess Kadambari. Banabhatta was a prolific writer and also authored several other works, including the Harshacharita, a biography of the Emperor Harsha, and the Parvatiparinaya, a poem that describes the marriage of the god Shiva and the goddess Parvati. Banabhatta's contributions to Sanskrit literature are highly regarded and have had a lasting impact on Indian culture.
