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Poet Ashok Vajpeyi Refuses To Take Back Award, Says 'Intolerance Remain High'
Noted writer and poet Ashok Vajpeyi today refused to take back the Sahitya Akademi award that he had returned stating that "intolerance levels remain high" in the country.
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Writer Ashok Vajpeyi To Return Degree To Protest 'Anti-Dalit' Attitude
Noted writer Ashok Vajpeyi today decided to return D Litt degree given to him by Hyderabad University in protest against the "anti-Dalit" attitude of authorities which has allegedly driven a Dalit student to commit suicide.
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Writers Must Respect Their Awards: Sahitya Akademi President
Post the 'award-wapsi' campaign across the country during which a slew of writers returned their Sahitya Akademi awards to protest against "growing intolerance", Akademi President Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari today said the writers must respect the awards they win.
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With Return of Prize, India's Literary Stars Protest Rising Intolerance
Prominent writers in India are collectively protesting what they consider an increase in hostility and intolerance, which they argue has been allowed to fester under the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, by returning a prestigious literary award.
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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, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today denied that it was being soft on the issue of "intolerance" and said the ideological inclinations of the writers should be looked into.
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More Authors Return Sahitya Akademi Awards Over Kalburgi Killing
Six more authors have decided to return their Sahitya Akademi awards as a mark of protest against rising intolerance and communal atmosphere after the death of rationalist MM Kalburgi, taking the number of such authors returning the literary honour to 16.
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Don't Politicise Sahitya Akademi: Chairperson Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari
Following announcements by writer Nayantara Sehgal and poet Ashok Vajpeyi to return their Sahitya Akademi awards, the literary body's president said authors should "adopt a different way to protest" and not politicise the autonomous body.
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After Nayantara Sahgal, Poet Ashok Vajpeyi Returns Award, Takes on PM
After writer Nayantara Sahgal returned her Sahitya Akademi award protesting against what she called a "vicious assault" on India's diversity and debate, poet Ashok Vajpeyi has also given up the prestigious literary honour.
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NDTV Dialogues: the idea of India - full transcript
On NDTV Dialogues, we move away from political campaigns and the slugfest over history. We focus instead on the idea of India. What are we seeing in the current context? Are we seeing a battle between different ideas of India? Are we looking at different interpretations of a grand unifying Idea? Kapil Sibal, Professor Sunil Khilnani, Ashok Malik an...
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Poet Ashok Vajpeyi Refuses To Take Back Award, Says 'Intolerance Remain High'
Noted writer and poet Ashok Vajpeyi today refused to take back the Sahitya Akademi award that he had returned stating that "intolerance levels remain high" in the country.
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Writer Ashok Vajpeyi To Return Degree To Protest 'Anti-Dalit' Attitude
Noted writer Ashok Vajpeyi today decided to return D Litt degree given to him by Hyderabad University in protest against the "anti-Dalit" attitude of authorities which has allegedly driven a Dalit student to commit suicide.
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Writers Must Respect Their Awards: Sahitya Akademi President
Post the 'award-wapsi' campaign across the country during which a slew of writers returned their Sahitya Akademi awards to protest against "growing intolerance", Akademi President Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari today said the writers must respect the awards they win.
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With Return of Prize, India's Literary Stars Protest Rising Intolerance
Prominent writers in India are collectively protesting what they consider an increase in hostility and intolerance, which they argue has been allowed to fester under the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, by returning a prestigious literary award.
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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, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today denied that it was being soft on the issue of "intolerance" and said the ideological inclinations of the writers should be looked into.
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More Authors Return Sahitya Akademi Awards Over Kalburgi Killing
Six more authors have decided to return their Sahitya Akademi awards as a mark of protest against rising intolerance and communal atmosphere after the death of rationalist MM Kalburgi, taking the number of such authors returning the literary honour to 16.
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Don't Politicise Sahitya Akademi: Chairperson Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari
Following announcements by writer Nayantara Sehgal and poet Ashok Vajpeyi to return their Sahitya Akademi awards, the literary body's president said authors should "adopt a different way to protest" and not politicise the autonomous body.
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After Nayantara Sahgal, Poet Ashok Vajpeyi Returns Award, Takes on PM
After writer Nayantara Sahgal returned her Sahitya Akademi award protesting against what she called a "vicious assault" on India's diversity and debate, poet Ashok Vajpeyi has also given up the prestigious literary honour.
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NDTV Dialogues: the idea of India - full transcript
On NDTV Dialogues, we move away from political campaigns and the slugfest over history. We focus instead on the idea of India. What are we seeing in the current context? Are we seeing a battle between different ideas of India? Are we looking at different interpretations of a grand unifying Idea? Kapil Sibal, Professor Sunil Khilnani, Ashok Malik an...
