Jaipur, Feb. 3 -- Renowned Indian author, cultural custodian, and co-founder of the Jaipur Literature Festival, Namita Gokhale, was conferred with the Bhartendu Harishchandra Lifetime Achievement Award at the Banaras Lit Fest on Sunday.

This honour is being regarded as the pinnacle of an extraordinary literary year defined by a confluence of languages, generations, and genres, recognising her multifaceted, long-standing, and influential contribution to Indian literature.

Conceived in keeping with the stature and scope of the world's leading literary awards, the Banaras Lit Fest Book Awards celebrate outstanding works of fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and translation across English, Hindi, and Indian languages. The awards underlines a consc...