State duo among 75 PM YUBA authors
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, March 01 2023:
Pradium Moirangthem and Chanamthabam Ronika have been selected among 75 authors from across the country for the Prime Minister YUVA (Young, Upcoming, and Versatile Authors), a mentorship scheme to train young authors.
Announcing about their enlistment to media persons at Manipur Press Club on Wednesday, Pradium and Ronika said that they were selected along with 75 authors out of 16,000 applicants for the same.
An English medium book titled "Ode to the Mother" penned by Ronika and Pradi-um's "Loyanganba" written in Meetei Mayek were published by National Book Trust during the World Book Fair held at New Delhi recently.
The authors of the two books, after being selected on December 25,2021 were provided mentorship and scholarship for six months after which the books were finally released by National Book Trust on February 25 this year.