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Returning Awards is the Easiest Thing to do, Says Shekhar Kapur
"The problem is that intellectuals have become the voice of the society and that is very less in terms of percentage. We should take everyone into account. There is a tendency of intellectuals to become a club and that arrogance of the club becomes oppressive. It is a burden on the society," said Shekhar Kapur
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Dia Mirza Says Artists Have 'Every Right' to Return Awards
"Every individual who returned their award have every right to do so and that is their personal choice of protesting. This is a mark of protest because they feel strongly enough about it, so they are doing so," Dia Mirza said. "The day when politics and religion will be treated independently, we can say we live in a democratic country," she added
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Anil Kapoor Says 'Intolerance' is Not New, Doesn't Agree With Awardwapsi
"I haven't heard what he (Shah Rukh) has said. As far as I know him, I don't think that there would be any such thing in his mind. My stand is this thing (intolerance) is not something that's happening only in this government or in the previous government," said Anil Kapoor
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24 Filmmakers Including Kundan Shah, Saeed Mirza Return National Awards
Kundan Shah, the maker of the iconic film 'Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron', and Saeed Mirza, were among the 24 filmmakers who returned their National Awards today and added their voice to what has come to be known as the "Award Wapsi" protest against "rising intolerance".
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Don't Return Awards, Meet PM Modi: Rajnath Singh on Protest by Intellectuals
Amidst the row over claims of rising intolerance in the country, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today asked artistes and intellectuals to come and meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi to suggest ways to resolve the crisis.
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PM Modi Should Rein in Party Members, Says Sarod Maestro Amjad Ali Khan Backing Writers
Adding his voice to growing protests over 'climate of intolerance', sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi must rein in errant party members, failing which peace could be under threat.
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Venkaiah Naidu Lashes Out at Writers, Accuses Them of Being 'Selective'
Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday accused the writers, who returned their awards, of double standards saying they were selective in attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "growing intolerance" in the country and overlooked the Congress wrongdoings including Emergency in the past.
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'There is a Dialogue Deficit...It is not a Good Sign,' Says Kailash Satyarthi
Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi on Friday said intolerance is on the rise in the country and there is a "dialogue deficit" between the government and its people.
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Manufactured Rebellion Growing, Says Arun Jaitley on #AwardWapsi Against 'Intolerance'
As eminent scientist PM Bhargava announced that he would return his Padma Bhushan award, making common cause with dozens of writers, artists and filmmakers returning their awards in protest against "rising intolerance", Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that "manufactured rebellion" is growing.
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Returning Awards is the Easiest Thing to do, Says Shekhar Kapur
"The problem is that intellectuals have become the voice of the society and that is very less in terms of percentage. We should take everyone into account. There is a tendency of intellectuals to become a club and that arrogance of the club becomes oppressive. It is a burden on the society," said Shekhar Kapur
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Dia Mirza Says Artists Have 'Every Right' to Return Awards
"Every individual who returned their award have every right to do so and that is their personal choice of protesting. This is a mark of protest because they feel strongly enough about it, so they are doing so," Dia Mirza said. "The day when politics and religion will be treated independently, we can say we live in a democratic country," she added
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Anil Kapoor Says 'Intolerance' is Not New, Doesn't Agree With Awardwapsi
"I haven't heard what he (Shah Rukh) has said. As far as I know him, I don't think that there would be any such thing in his mind. My stand is this thing (intolerance) is not something that's happening only in this government or in the previous government," said Anil Kapoor
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24 Filmmakers Including Kundan Shah, Saeed Mirza Return National Awards
Kundan Shah, the maker of the iconic film 'Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron', and Saeed Mirza, were among the 24 filmmakers who returned their National Awards today and added their voice to what has come to be known as the "Award Wapsi" protest against "rising intolerance".
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Don't Return Awards, Meet PM Modi: Rajnath Singh on Protest by Intellectuals
Amidst the row over claims of rising intolerance in the country, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today asked artistes and intellectuals to come and meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi to suggest ways to resolve the crisis.
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PM Modi Should Rein in Party Members, Says Sarod Maestro Amjad Ali Khan Backing Writers
Adding his voice to growing protests over 'climate of intolerance', sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi must rein in errant party members, failing which peace could be under threat.
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Venkaiah Naidu Lashes Out at Writers, Accuses Them of Being 'Selective'
Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday accused the writers, who returned their awards, of double standards saying they were selective in attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "growing intolerance" in the country and overlooked the Congress wrongdoings including Emergency in the past.
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'There is a Dialogue Deficit...It is not a Good Sign,' Says Kailash Satyarthi
Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi on Friday said intolerance is on the rise in the country and there is a "dialogue deficit" between the government and its people.
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Manufactured Rebellion Growing, Says Arun Jaitley on #AwardWapsi Against 'Intolerance'
As eminent scientist PM Bhargava announced that he would return his Padma Bhushan award, making common cause with dozens of writers, artists and filmmakers returning their awards in protest against "rising intolerance", Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that "manufactured rebellion" is growing.
