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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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Marathi Writers Visit Mantralaya to Return Literary Awards
A group of Marathi writers on Friday went to Mantralaya, the state secretariat in Mumbai, to return their literary awards to protest the 'culture of intolerance' in the country.
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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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Sahitya Akademi Backs Writers, But Urges Them to Take Back Awards
Breaking its widely-criticised silence, top literary body Sahitya Akademi today condemned the killing of Kannada Writer MM Kalburgi and other rationalists and came out strongly in support of writers who have protested against what they call "rising intolerance" in the country.
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Will Wait for Akademi Decision to Return Sahitya Award: Vikram Seth
Eminent novelist Vikram Seth has said he is awaiting the outcome of Sahitya Akademi's upcoming emergency meeting to decide whether or not to give up award conferred on him by the literary body.
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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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Rajasthani Writer Nand Bhardwaj Returns Akademi Award
Rajasthani litterateur Nand Bhardwaj has returned his Sahitya Akademi award, blaming the literary body of failing to "protect" the rights of writers.
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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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"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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Marathi Writers Visit Mantralaya to Return Literary Awards
A group of Marathi writers on Friday went to Mantralaya, the state secretariat in Mumbai, to return their literary awards to protest the 'culture of intolerance' in the country.
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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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Sahitya Akademi Backs Writers, But Urges Them to Take Back Awards
Breaking its widely-criticised silence, top literary body Sahitya Akademi today condemned the killing of Kannada Writer MM Kalburgi and other rationalists and came out strongly in support of writers who have protested against what they call "rising intolerance" in the country.
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Will Wait for Akademi Decision to Return Sahitya Award: Vikram Seth
Eminent novelist Vikram Seth has said he is awaiting the outcome of Sahitya Akademi's upcoming emergency meeting to decide whether or not to give up award conferred on him by the literary body.
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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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Rajasthani Writer Nand Bhardwaj Returns Akademi Award
Rajasthani litterateur Nand Bhardwaj has returned his Sahitya Akademi award, blaming the literary body of failing to "protect" the rights of writers.
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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.
