Winners of the Bahrain Keraleeya Samajam (BKS) Literary Award Prabha Varma and BKS Laurie Baker Award Padmashri G Sankar were each presented with 50,000 Indian rupees, a citation and a plaque at an award ceremony held at the BKS premises in Segaiya.
The awards were presented by renowned writer T Padmanabhan, whose short story Oduvilaththe Paattu was the subject of an hour-long magic show performed by Gopinath Muthukad and his team .