kotkapura on sahit akademi radar

Shah Chaman , a resident of kotkapura and well-known novelist ant translator won this year's sahit akademi award for translation. He got the award for his translation of Munshi Prem Chand's play Karbala. He has authored 5 novels, 3 collections of poems and a number of translations. He runs the local branch of Chetna Parkashan at Qila Road and is the patron of Punjabi Quarterly 'Trishanku'