Awards
- Pandit Hridaynath Lifeachievement Award 2013 : Asha Bhosle
- Saraswati Samman 2013 to A A Manavalan for his comparative study on Ramayana
- Pulitzer Awards 2013 :
- FICTION : - "The Orphan Master’s Son" by Adam Johnson
- DRAMA : - "Disgraced" by Ayad Akhtar
- HISTORY : – "Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America’s Vietnam" by Fredrik Logevall (Random House),
- BIOGRAPHY : – "The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo" by Tom Reiss (Crown)
- POETRY : - "Stag’s Leap" by Sharon Olds
- MUSIC : - "Partita for 8 Voices" by Caroline Shaw, recording released on October 30, 2012 (New Amsterdam Records)
- Journalism : Public Service : – Sun Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, FL
