(2) Mamta Kalia, the renowned Hindi scholar and writer, has been chosen for the 27th edition of Vyas Samman,-2017 for her novel ‘Dukkham Sukkham’. K.K. Birla Foundation instituted the award in 1991 and gives it annually to an outstanding work of Hindi literature by an Indian citizen published in the last 10 years. The award includes a cash prize of ₹ 3.50 lakhs. ‘Dukkham Sukkham’ is a saga of a lower middle-class family’s three generations and focusess on the transition in relations and situations of our society.