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By Express News ServiceKOCHI: PS Velayudhan Memorial Award for the best book on Social History, 2018 was awarded to writer O P Balakrishnan for his work ‘Kavalappara Heritage’ in a meeting held on Saturday in Kochi. The award was constituted by Indian Society of Authors (INSA), Kerala Chapter. The meeting was presided over by Justice K Sukumaran while novelist Sreekumari Ramachandran presented the award. She recalled her student days in Maharaja’s College, where Velayudhan functioned as the disciplinarian and history professor. Sebastian K Antony presented a talk on ‘Sathyan and Cinema’ in connection with Sathyan Anniversary recalling his doctoral thesis on cinema and literature..