Three more writers to return Sahitya Akademi awards, Aravind Malagatti...
Three eminent writers from Punjab on Sunday announced that they were returning their Sahitya Akademi awards, while Kannada writer Aravind Malagatti resigned from the body's general council, joining the...
View ArticleRailing against Chetan Bhagat betrays political bias of Akademi award returners
It is good that writers are speaking out against intolerance by returning their Sahitya Akademi awards, but many of their reasons and observations betray their biases as well The post Railing against...
View ArticleDadri to Sahitya Akademi row: PM Modi should take high ground on free speech,...
While Modi has spoken out briefly on Dadri and other acts of intolerance by fringe groups, he needs to take a higher moral ground to become truly credible. He must take the fight into his opponents'...
View ArticleJaitley trashes ‘paper rebellion’, calls literary revolt a ‘manufactured...
A host of eminent writers have returned their Sahitya Akademi awards to the government to protest against incidents like the one in Dadri. While Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticised the incident on...
View ArticleFull text: Sahitya Akademi urges dissenting writers to take back awards
Strongly condemning the killing of writer MM Kalburgi, Sahitya Akademi on Friday passed a unanimous resolution appealing to state and central governments to take steps to prevent such incidents and...
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