The Richmond-based 2025 Dhahan Prize for Punjabi fiction has been awarded to Balbir Parwana of Jalandhar, Punjab, India, for his novel Rauleyan Vele (In the Time of Unrest).

The Dhahan Prize , established in 2013, is the largest international literary award for fiction in the Punjabi language and awards a total of $51,000 in prize money. Parwana took home $25,000 for the top prize, which was announced at a ceremony in Surrey on Nov. 13.

A prolific writer, Parwana has written 15 novels to date, including Punjab Di Naxalbari Lehar, Amber Vall Udaan, Pind Da Dard and Pagadhi Sambahal Jatta. His Dhahan Prize-winning novel Rauleyan Vele follows a documentary filmmaker as he interviews elders about their personal stories surrounding the 1947 partition of Punjab. Parwana currently is th

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