Urdu poet Munawwar Rana returns Sahitya Akademi award; two more hand over honour
Urdu poet Munawwar Rana on Sunday joined over 30 authors who have returned Sahitya Akademi award while Hindi writer Kashinath said he was handing over the honour in protest against "irresponsible" comments by various ministers on writers who have been agitating against "rising intolerance".
Oct 18, 2015, 21:55 PM IST
Urdu poet Munnawar Rana returns Sahitya Award on live TV
Urdu poet Munawwar Rana on Sunday announced on live TV his decision to return Sahitya Akademi award along with a Rs one lakh cash prize and vowed not to accept any government award in future.
Oct 18, 2015, 20:29 PM IST
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Mahesh Bhatt endorses litterateurs' return of awards
Veteran director Mahesh Bhatt has come out in support of noted literary personalities who are returning their awards in protest against the rising incidents of intolerance in the country over the past few months.
Oct 17, 2015, 09:47 AM IST
UP writer Kashi Nath Singh returns Sahitya Akademi award
Hindi novelist Kashi Nath Singh on Friday announced that he would be returning his Sahitya Akademi award in protest against the Dadri lynching incident and the killing of Kannada writer M M Kalburgi.
Oct 16, 2015, 22:40 PM IST
Karnataka teen joins chorus of protesting writers, returns Sahitya Akademi Award
17-year-old author Ria Vithasha, known by her pen name Muddu Thirthahalli, joined the chorus of authors protesting against the growing cases of rising intolerance by returning her Sahitya Akademi Award.
Oct 16, 2015, 11:34 AM IST
Telugu writer Bhoopal Reddy to return Sahitya Akademi award
Telugu writer Bhoopal Reddy on Thursday said he has decided to return his Sahitya Akademi award.
Oct 15, 2015, 22:58 PM IST
Indian writers have done country proud: CPI-M
The CPI-M on Thursday hailed Indian writers for doing the country proud by standing up to condemn what it said were rising attacks on freedom of expression.
Oct 15, 2015, 14:51 PM IST
There is a tide of intolerance in country, says poet Keki Daruwala
Poet Keki N Daruwala on Thursday said writers are giving up their Sahitya Akademi awards as they feel there is "rising intolerance" in the country.
Oct 15, 2015, 13:09 PM IST
Gujarat cops knock at writer Ganesh Devy's doors after he returns Sahitya Akademi Award
Gujarat-based writer Ganesh Devy, who last week returned his Sahitya Akademi Award, has claimed that he is now being hounded by police.
Oct 15, 2015, 12:57 PM IST
BJP should analyse instead of blaming writers, says Congress
Congress leader Rashid Alvi on Thursday said that the NDA Government at Centre, along with other BJP leaders, instead of blaming the eminent writers of the country, should analyse why they are returning their Sahitya Akademi Award.
Oct 15, 2015, 12:55 PM IST
Jaipur-based writer returns Sahitya Akademi award
Well-known Jaipur-based Rajasthani and Hindi writer Anand Bhardwaj has returned his Sahitya Akademi award in protest against "rising religious intolerance and attack on freedom of expression".
Oct 15, 2015, 11:45 AM IST
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Oct 14, 2015, 12:14 PM IST
Six more authors return Sahitya Akademi awards
Noted Kashmiri writer and poet Ghulam Nabi Khayal has joined the bandwagon of authors returning their Sahitya Akademi awards, saying the minorities in the country today feel "unsafe and threatened".
Oct 12, 2015, 13:37 PM IST
Writers step up protest, six more return Akademi award
Gujarat-based writer Ganesh Devy and five other eminent writers on Saturday decided to return their Sahitya Akademi awards.
Oct 11, 2015, 21:53 PM IST
Ashok Vajpeyi too returns Sahitya Akademi award
After Uday Prakash and Nayantara Sahgal, Ashok Vajpeyi too decides to return his Sahitya Akademi award
Oct 07, 2015, 20:11 PM IST
After Sahgal, writer Vajpeyi returns Sahitya Akademi award
Former Lalit Kala Akademi chairman Ashok Vajpeyi has returned the Sahitya Akademi Award in protest against the Dadri lynching case.
Oct 07, 2015, 14:35 PM IST
'Hindutva' ideology ruining name of Hindus everywhere, says Nehru's niece Nayantara Sahgal
'Hindutva' ideology is ruining name of Hindus everywhere, says Nehru's niece Nayantara Sahgal.
Oct 07, 2015, 11:47 AM IST
