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"Insulted": Author Returns Award As Mamata Banerjee Gets Literary Honour
A Bengali writer and folk culture researcher on Tuesday returned an award given to her by the Paschimbanga Bangla Academy to protest against its decision to confer a special award on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
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Author Returns Award In Protest Over Jallikattu Issue
A writer and recipient of the Sahitya Akademi's Yuva Puraskar today returned his award, protesting against the lack of "positive" action from the Centre on the Jallikattu issue.
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Writer Arundhati Roy Returns National Award
Writer Arundhati Roy has said that she feels "proud" to return her national award as part of the political movement against "ideological visciousness" and threats to free speech.
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Bollywood Divided: 9 Actors Who Don't See the Point in Returning Awards
The decision of a varied group of filmmakers, authors and poets to return government-granted awards as a form of protest has left opinion divided and India's film fraternity fractured. Supriya Pathank asked: "Are we gaining anything from that? Have you been able to make a point that something has changed? Whom are we pressurising by this?"
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Sikh Group in Delhi Protests Against Writers Returning Awards, Detained
Expressing anguish against the author community's silence over the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, a group of Sikh agitators today attempted to burn judicial commission reports and copies of a book to register their protest but were detained by the police.
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Fear and Terror Has Been Condemned: Vikram Seth on Sahitya Akademi Statement
Eminent author Vikram Seth today welcomed top literary body Sahitya Akademi's statement condemning attacks on writers and the alleged rise in intolerance in the country.
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Writers Who Returned Awards Also Opposed PM Modi Before Elections, Counter-Protesters Say
As writers held a silent march against the Sahitya Akademi, another group of people staged a counter-protest in New Delhi today, alleging that the move by authors to return awards was "motivated by their vested interests" and the literary body should not buckle under "pressure".
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Writers Hold Protest March in Delhi Ahead of Crucial Sahitya Akademi Meeting
With black gags and arm bands, writers and their supporters held a solidarity march in New Delhi ahead of the Sahitya Akademi emergency meeting to discuss the returning of awards by eminent authors in protest against "rising intolerance" in the backdrop MM Kalburgi's killing.
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'Engage in Debate, Not Vandalism,' Says Union Minister Arun Jaitley
The government today broke its silence over the recent debate on rising intolerance in the country, with Union finance minister Arun Jaitley appealing for calm and restraint, and asking people to engage in "debate, not vandalism".
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No Value of Awards if Sahitya Akademi Stays Silent, Says Rajasthani Writer
Noted Rajasthani writer Nand Kishore Bhardwaj today said he was returning his Sahitya Akademi Award because he was disappointed by the body's silence over the killing of rationalist writers.
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Cried A Lot When Kalburgi Was Killed, Says 17-Year-Old Returning Award
For 17 year-old Ria Vithasha, who has authored five novels, the killing of senior Kannada writer MM Kalburgi distressed her enough to take the decision to return her Karnataka Sahitya Academy award.
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Exclusive: PM Narendra Modi's Silence Emboldening 'Thuggish Violence,' Says Salman Rushdie
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "silence" along with that of institutions like the Sahitya Akademi is permitting a new "degree of thuggish violence" in India, celebrated Mumbai-born author Salman Rushdie said, amid a raging debate over 'rising intolerance' in India.
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'Alarming Times for Free Expression in India': Salman Rushdie Backs Authors
Booker Prize winning author Salman Rushdie today 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.
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Writers Had Ganged up, Says Culture Minister on Sahitya Akademi Protests
As Kashmiri poet Ghulam Nabi Khayal joined the ranks of over a dozen authors to return his Sahitya Akademi Award, Union Culture minister Mahesh Sharma said there was no threat to freedom of expression in the country.
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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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"Insulted": Author Returns Award As Mamata Banerjee Gets Literary Honour
A Bengali writer and folk culture researcher on Tuesday returned an award given to her by the Paschimbanga Bangla Academy to protest against its decision to confer a special award on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
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Author Returns Award In Protest Over Jallikattu Issue
A writer and recipient of the Sahitya Akademi's Yuva Puraskar today returned his award, protesting against the lack of "positive" action from the Centre on the Jallikattu issue.
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Writer Arundhati Roy Returns National Award
Writer Arundhati Roy has said that she feels "proud" to return her national award as part of the political movement against "ideological visciousness" and threats to free speech.
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Bollywood Divided: 9 Actors Who Don't See the Point in Returning Awards
The decision of a varied group of filmmakers, authors and poets to return government-granted awards as a form of protest has left opinion divided and India's film fraternity fractured. Supriya Pathank asked: "Are we gaining anything from that? Have you been able to make a point that something has changed? Whom are we pressurising by this?"
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Sikh Group in Delhi Protests Against Writers Returning Awards, Detained
Expressing anguish against the author community's silence over the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, a group of Sikh agitators today attempted to burn judicial commission reports and copies of a book to register their protest but were detained by the police.
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Fear and Terror Has Been Condemned: Vikram Seth on Sahitya Akademi Statement
Eminent author Vikram Seth today welcomed top literary body Sahitya Akademi's statement condemning attacks on writers and the alleged rise in intolerance in the country.
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Writers Who Returned Awards Also Opposed PM Modi Before Elections, Counter-Protesters Say
As writers held a silent march against the Sahitya Akademi, another group of people staged a counter-protest in New Delhi today, alleging that the move by authors to return awards was "motivated by their vested interests" and the literary body should not buckle under "pressure".
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Writers Hold Protest March in Delhi Ahead of Crucial Sahitya Akademi Meeting
With black gags and arm bands, writers and their supporters held a solidarity march in New Delhi ahead of the Sahitya Akademi emergency meeting to discuss the returning of awards by eminent authors in protest against "rising intolerance" in the backdrop MM Kalburgi's killing.
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'Engage in Debate, Not Vandalism,' Says Union Minister Arun Jaitley
The government today broke its silence over the recent debate on rising intolerance in the country, with Union finance minister Arun Jaitley appealing for calm and restraint, and asking people to engage in "debate, not vandalism".
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No Value of Awards if Sahitya Akademi Stays Silent, Says Rajasthani Writer
Noted Rajasthani writer Nand Kishore Bhardwaj today said he was returning his Sahitya Akademi Award because he was disappointed by the body's silence over the killing of rationalist writers.
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Cried A Lot When Kalburgi Was Killed, Says 17-Year-Old Returning Award
For 17 year-old Ria Vithasha, who has authored five novels, the killing of senior Kannada writer MM Kalburgi distressed her enough to take the decision to return her Karnataka Sahitya Academy award.
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Exclusive: PM Narendra Modi's Silence Emboldening 'Thuggish Violence,' Says Salman Rushdie
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "silence" along with that of institutions like the Sahitya Akademi is permitting a new "degree of thuggish violence" in India, celebrated Mumbai-born author Salman Rushdie said, amid a raging debate over 'rising intolerance' in India.
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'Alarming Times for Free Expression in India': Salman Rushdie Backs Authors
Booker Prize winning author Salman Rushdie today 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.
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Writers Had Ganged up, Says Culture Minister on Sahitya Akademi Protests
As Kashmiri poet Ghulam Nabi Khayal joined the ranks of over a dozen authors to return his Sahitya Akademi Award, Union Culture minister Mahesh Sharma said there was no threat to freedom of expression in the country.
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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.
