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Writing · INDIA

Sambhab Mishra

Recognised for creative writing and published articles.

16 in the 24 January 2023 Times of India report; historical report age.

Odisha · India

Sambhab Mishra, portrait on the named page of the 2023 government award citation
Sambhab Mishra in the 2023 government citation booklet, page 13. Photo capture date not established.
Image source ↗ · Ministry of Women and Child Development, via PIB · original photographer not credited
Source photograph · credit and provenance below

BEHIND THE RESULT

Writing before a national award

A January 2023 Times of India report describes Sambhab Mishra of Cuttack as a 16-year-old writer receiving recognition in Art and Culture. It associates his writing with Indian tradition, culture and mythology and refers to books published before the award. The government announcement independently lists him among that year’s recipients. These records give us a starting point for a childhood writing story: a young person putting ideas into words and making them available to readers. The award itself is not a review of every historical or literary claim in a book.

Books have their own dates

The newspaper places an early book in 2020 and other writing in the following years. A publication date belongs to an individual work, while 23 January 2023 belongs to the national award ceremony. A fuller literary profile would examine the books themselves, their editions and how the author developed his ideas. Those materials have not been reviewed here. We also leave out unsupported superlatives about fellowships and honours rather than treating a short biography as proof of every title it mentions. No new interview with Sambhab was conducted for this draft.

Make room for a reader’s question

Choose a subject you enjoy and write a short paragraph for someone who knows less about it than you do. Then underline any statement that needs a source. This is our writing activity, not an account of Sambhab’s method. Ask a friend which sentence made them curious and which word needed explaining. Revising a paragraph after that conversation can teach you something a word count cannot: whether another person can follow your idea. A story about a young writer can begin a reading or writing conversation without requiring anyone to publish a book.

Source-based story · the activities are prompts for readers.

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The achievement, in context.

PMRBP 2023 — Art & Culture

Recognised for creative writing and published articles.

2023-01-23 · Supporting source ↗

Sources you can explore.

MWCD · 2023 citation booklet, page 13 ↗Government award citation · historical achievement summary; not an independent performance or clinical audit

PIB · 23 January 2023 ↗Government award announcement · ceremony date

The Times of India · updated 24 January 2023 ↗Editorial report · historical coverage

Original source ↗

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