Sahitya Akademi awards

Perumal Murugan's controversial novel wins Sahitya Akademi award

Titled ‘One Part Woman’, the translation in English is done by Aniruddhan Vasudevan and the book is published by Penguin.

Apr 20, 2017, 12:41 PM IST

It is termed pornography when a woman writes about her body: Taslima Nasreen

Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen is the latest to join the ongoing intolerance debate.

Feb 07, 2016, 10:08 AM IST

'Award Wapsi' row: Delhi HC issues notice to Modi govt, Sahitya Akademi

Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the central government and Sahitya Akademi on a plea against the return of Sahitya Akademi awards by writers.

Dec 23, 2015, 16:52 PM IST

Authors urge Sahitya Akademi to reinvent itself

At least 36 writers had one returned their state awards in protest against the Akademi's "muted response" to killings of writers and rationalists.

Nov 01, 2015, 16:54 PM IST

Returning awards a conspiracy against PM Modi: Venkaiah Naidu

BJP minister, Venkaiah Naidu has directly attacked the award returnees and said that the returning of the awards is a conspiracy against PM Modi.

Oct 30, 2015, 13:56 PM IST

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Oct 23, 2015, 21:39 PM IST

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Oct 23, 2015, 21:25 PM IST

Now, ‘buddhi shuddhi’ for those returning Sahitya Akademi awards

Several eminent writers have returned their prestigious Sahitya Akademi award to protest the growing atmosphere of intolerance in the country.

Oct 19, 2015, 07:28 AM IST

RSS mouthpiece says Vedas ordered killing of cow killers; Digvijay tweets 'will Shah now summon Bhagwat?'

The RSS mouthpiece, Panchjanya, has justified the killing of Mohammad Iqlakh over rumours that he had eaten beef in his house.

Oct 18, 2015, 14:03 PM IST

Bengal writers, intellectuals seek President's intervention

A group of more than 90 writers and intellectuals from West Bengal have written to President Pranab Mukherjee seeking his intervention in the Dadri incident.

Oct 15, 2015, 17:36 PM IST

Why did writers not protest over violence against Kashmiri Pandits, Sikhs: BJP

BJP national secretary Tarun Chugh on Tuesday questioned the "motive" of writers returning their awards in protest.

Oct 13, 2015, 23:25 PM IST

Ideological inclinations of writers should be checked: BJP

Facing heat over a long list of writers who have returned Sahitya Akademi awards or resigned from their posts in the literary body, BJP on Tuesday denied that it was being soft on the issue of "intolerance" and said the ideological inclinations of the writers should be looked into.

Oct 13, 2015, 20:35 PM IST

Salman Rushdie backs authors, 12 more return Sahitya Akademi awards

Booker Prize winning author Salman Rushdie on Monday joined the growing chorus of protests by writers and poets against spread of "communal poison" and "rising intolerance" in the country even as 12 more authors decided to return their Sahitya Akademi awards.

Oct 12, 2015, 23:26 PM IST