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Politicians, Artists Protest Near Amartya Sen's Santiniketan House
Intellectuals held a sit-in near the ancestral house of Nobel laureate Amartya Sen here on Saturday protesting against the notice by Visva-Bharati university to the economist.
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Intellectuals At Citizenship Law Protests "Parasites": Bengal BJP Chief Dilip Ghosh
Dilip Ghosh, who was put in charge for another term as BJP Bengal chief, on Friday continued his tirade against the protesters carrying out rallies against the new citizenship law, describing them as "creatures", "devils" and "parasites".
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In Protest Against Nobel Prize Scandal, Intellectuals Seek Alternative
More than 100 Swedish intellectuals have joined forces to form a new prize-giving body in protest after the Swedish Academy, which selects Nobel laureates, was plunged into crisis over its long-standing ties to a man accused of assaulting several women.
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JNU Row: We Are Proud Of Kanhaiya Kumar, Say Family Members
An uncle and brother of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students' union president Kanhaiya Kumar, who is in jail in connection with a sedition case, today said the kind of support students and global intellectuals have shown for him makes them proud of the Bihar boy.
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Return of Awards Triggered a Debate on Intolerance: President Pranab Mukherjee
President Pranab Mukherjee has said that the return of awards by writers and intellectuals was "evidently spontaneous" and a way of protest that has triggered a nation-wide debate on the issue of intolerance, a release issued today by a group of intellectuals has claimed.
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Indian Author Dedicates Book to Intelligentsia Protesting Against Intolerance
A Singapore-based Indian author has launched a short-story book, dedicating it to the writers, filmmakers and intellectuals who are protesting against growing intolerance in India.
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Sharmila Tagore Supports Protests by Intellectuals
Bollywood actor Sharmila Tagore on Sunday extended her support to a "resistance meet" by writers, thinkers, scientists and other public intellectuals against the "rising intolerance" in the country.
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Intellectuals Slam Government's 'Manufactured Rebellion' Tag
Sharply criticising the government's description of their protest as a "manufactured rebellion" intellectuals and artists of different persuasions came together on one stage today.
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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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Exclusive: Zubin Mehta Says Ink Attacks Shameful, Wants Pakistanis To Play In IPL
If public intellectuals are ostracized or vilified from speaking their minds, India risks becoming a "cultural dictatorship", world famous music conductor Zubin Mehta has said, calling the protest by writers, filmmakers and scientists returning honours "brave".
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'Don't Understand' Why Artists Were Returning Awards, Musician Zubin Mehta Says
Mumbai-born music maestro Zubin Mehta today said he failed to understand why artists, writers, filmmakers and other intellectuals were returning their state awards, while suggesting that those protesting against the government should engage in a "dialogue" with it.
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'Not a Punching Bag For Pseudo-Seculars,' RSS Says on Protests by Intellectuals
Those returning awards are "desperate and frustrated", the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS has said, lashing out at the increasing number of public intellectuals including writers, scientists and filmmakers protesting against what they call "growing intolerance" in the country.
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Backing FTII Students' Stir, American Intellectuals Slam Gajendra Chauhan
A day before protesting students of Film and Television Institute of India are expected to meet the government, they have released a strongly-worded letter signed by 200 American intellectuals, backing their stir and criticizing the Centre.
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Amid Protests, Filmmaker Detained in Swastika Mukherjee's Alleged Suicide Bid
A section of intellectuals here on Tuesday pointed the finger at the West Bengal government for the detention of Bengali filmmaker Suman Mukhopadhyay in connection with the alleged suicide bid by Bengali actress Swastika Mukherjee.
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Wikipedia to be blacked out over anti-piracy bill
Wikipedia will black out the English language version of its website Wednesday to protest anti-piracy legislation
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Politicians, Artists Protest Near Amartya Sen's Santiniketan House
Intellectuals held a sit-in near the ancestral house of Nobel laureate Amartya Sen here on Saturday protesting against the notice by Visva-Bharati university to the economist.
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Intellectuals At Citizenship Law Protests "Parasites": Bengal BJP Chief Dilip Ghosh
Dilip Ghosh, who was put in charge for another term as BJP Bengal chief, on Friday continued his tirade against the protesters carrying out rallies against the new citizenship law, describing them as "creatures", "devils" and "parasites".
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In Protest Against Nobel Prize Scandal, Intellectuals Seek Alternative
More than 100 Swedish intellectuals have joined forces to form a new prize-giving body in protest after the Swedish Academy, which selects Nobel laureates, was plunged into crisis over its long-standing ties to a man accused of assaulting several women.
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JNU Row: We Are Proud Of Kanhaiya Kumar, Say Family Members
An uncle and brother of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students' union president Kanhaiya Kumar, who is in jail in connection with a sedition case, today said the kind of support students and global intellectuals have shown for him makes them proud of the Bihar boy.
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Return of Awards Triggered a Debate on Intolerance: President Pranab Mukherjee
President Pranab Mukherjee has said that the return of awards by writers and intellectuals was "evidently spontaneous" and a way of protest that has triggered a nation-wide debate on the issue of intolerance, a release issued today by a group of intellectuals has claimed.
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Indian Author Dedicates Book to Intelligentsia Protesting Against Intolerance
A Singapore-based Indian author has launched a short-story book, dedicating it to the writers, filmmakers and intellectuals who are protesting against growing intolerance in India.
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Sharmila Tagore Supports Protests by Intellectuals
Bollywood actor Sharmila Tagore on Sunday extended her support to a "resistance meet" by writers, thinkers, scientists and other public intellectuals against the "rising intolerance" in the country.
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Intellectuals Slam Government's 'Manufactured Rebellion' Tag
Sharply criticising the government's description of their protest as a "manufactured rebellion" intellectuals and artists of different persuasions came together on one stage today.
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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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Exclusive: Zubin Mehta Says Ink Attacks Shameful, Wants Pakistanis To Play In IPL
If public intellectuals are ostracized or vilified from speaking their minds, India risks becoming a "cultural dictatorship", world famous music conductor Zubin Mehta has said, calling the protest by writers, filmmakers and scientists returning honours "brave".
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'Don't Understand' Why Artists Were Returning Awards, Musician Zubin Mehta Says
Mumbai-born music maestro Zubin Mehta today said he failed to understand why artists, writers, filmmakers and other intellectuals were returning their state awards, while suggesting that those protesting against the government should engage in a "dialogue" with it.
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'Not a Punching Bag For Pseudo-Seculars,' RSS Says on Protests by Intellectuals
Those returning awards are "desperate and frustrated", the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS has said, lashing out at the increasing number of public intellectuals including writers, scientists and filmmakers protesting against what they call "growing intolerance" in the country.
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Backing FTII Students' Stir, American Intellectuals Slam Gajendra Chauhan
A day before protesting students of Film and Television Institute of India are expected to meet the government, they have released a strongly-worded letter signed by 200 American intellectuals, backing their stir and criticizing the Centre.
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Amid Protests, Filmmaker Detained in Swastika Mukherjee's Alleged Suicide Bid
A section of intellectuals here on Tuesday pointed the finger at the West Bengal government for the detention of Bengali filmmaker Suman Mukhopadhyay in connection with the alleged suicide bid by Bengali actress Swastika Mukherjee.
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Wikipedia to be blacked out over anti-piracy bill
Wikipedia will black out the English language version of its website Wednesday to protest anti-piracy legislation
