Three writers from the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir have won the prestigious Sahitya Akademi award for their work in literary field. Raj Rahi’s short stories book in Dogri, titled ‘Namme Tunnel’, Khalid Hussain’s short stories in Punjabi `Sullan Da Salan’ and Aseer Kashtawari’s literary criticism in Kashmiri language, ‘Tawazum' have won this prestigious award.