Raghavan Atholi selected for K Ramachandran Single-Poem Award

Kollam, Oct 6 (UNI) Poet Raghavan Atholi has been selected for the 2026 K Ramachandran Single-Poem Award for his poem Mariyamma. The award carries a cash prize of Rs 10,000 and a memento. The award, instituted in memory of K Ramachandran, who ran the Suresh Institute of Commerce at Nooranad, is presented jointly by his students and relatives. This is the sixth edition of the award. The poem Mariyamma, published in the literary magazine Bhashaposhini, has already won a place in the minds of readers with its portrayal of the vigour and beauty of rural life. In the poem, Raghavan…