Tamil Novelist and Sahitya Akademi Winner Thoppil Mohamed Meeran Passes Away
- The noted novelist and Sahitya Akademi awardee from Tamil Nadu, Thoppil Mohamed Meeran, passed away. He was 74.
- He received the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award in 1997 for Saaivu Naarkkaali (The Reclining Chair) which was released in 1995.