Amulya became the first to win the English and Kannada writing awards
Amulya B won the writing awards in Kannada and English at the 17th annual Toto Funds the Arts (TFA) Awards held on February 7. She is the first to win both the awards.
The TFA non-profit trust was set up in 2004, in memory of Angirus ‘Toto’ Vellani, an art and literature lover who, at 20, died in an accident that year. It gives away prizes every year in several categories including music, literature, short film and photography.
Amulya won the writing prizes for her stories ‘What Do I Call You, Again?’ in English and ‘Aa boys club-u’ (That boys club) in Kannada. The former, a speculative fiction, is about a son visiting his mother, who is a robot. ‘Aa boys club-u’ is a magic-realism story that follows a journalist and a group of his colleagues who repeatedly come across a “strange woman”.
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1 With his untitled new album, Prabh Deep aims to break into a more mature audience. photos: Arsh Sayed
Amolak Singh Grewal
Prabh Deep is discerning with words, but his music says a lot. Widely acknowledged as one of the best underground artistes in the country, the 27-year-old rapper made it big right at the beginning with his very first album, Class-Sikh (2017).
Suno (Class-Sikh)
(Okay)
(Hmm)
(Fer)
(Kyun)
Loki dil de amir, naale paise de garib
(Jhooth)
(Sachh)
(Kyun)
Set in Tilak Nagar, which is home to him, the album painted a vivid picture of growing up in a locality reeling under high unemployment rates and the influx of drugs in the community. The first three singles “Kal”, “G Maane” and “Kal (Future)” received widespread acclaim from the press and fans alike. Apple Music featured Prabh Deep under the banner ‘New Artist Spotlight’ and he went on to win the Toto Funds’ The Arts Award for Music in 2018. Thereafter, as they say, there
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1 With his untitled new album, Prabh Deep aims to break into a more mature audience. photos: Arsh Sayed
Amolak Singh Grewal
Prabh Deep is discerning with words, but his music says a lot. Widely acknowledged as one of the best underground artistes in the country, the 27-year-old rapper made it big right at the beginning with his very first album, Class-Sikh (2017).
Suno (Class-Sikh)
(Okay)
(Hmm)
(Fer)
(Kyun)
Loki dil de amir, naale paise de garib
(Jhooth)
(Sachh)
(Kyun)
Set in Tilak Nagar, which is home to him, the album painted a vivid picture of growing up in a locality reeling under high unemployment rates and the influx of drugs in the community. The first three singles “Kal”, “G Maane” and “Kal (Future)” received widespread acclaim from the press and fans alike. Apple Music featured Prabh Deep under the banner ‘New Artist Spotlight’ and he went on to win the Toto Funds’ The Arts Award for Music in 2018. Thereafter, as they say, there