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To Avoid Awards Being Returned, House Panel Suggests Taking Recipient's Consent
A parliamentary panel has suggested that whenever any award is given by Sahitya Akademi or other cultural academies, the consent of the recipient must be taken so that he or she does not return it for "political reasons".
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Shashi Tharoor Among Writers To Receive Sahitya Akademi Award 2019
Shashi Tharoor and playwright Nand Kishore Acharya are among 23 writers who will be awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award 2019. The National Academy of Letters announced the names of the winners on Wednesday.
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Sahitya Akademi Award Presented To 23 Authors
Sahitya Akademi, the National Academy of Letters, on Monday presented its annual awards to 23 eminent authors writing in as many Indian languages.
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Kalyani University Confers Honorary D.Litt. To Cricketer Jhulan Goswami, Ustad Rashid Khan, Poet Joy Goswami
Cricketer Jhulan Goswami, vocalist Ustad Rashid Khan and Sahitya Academy award winning poet Joy Goswami were conferred honorary D Lit degree by the University of Kalyani here today.
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Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar Announces Award For 10 Litterateurs Every Year
Haryana Chief Minsiter Manohar Lal Khattar yesterday said that the Haryana Granth Academy will honour 10 litterateurs every year. The awardees will also be given a cash prize of Rs. 1 lakh. The awards would be named after Pandit Deen dayal Upadhyay, Swami Vivekanand, and former deputy chief minister Mangal Sen.
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Sahitya Akademi Awards Presented To 24 Indian Authors
Twenty four eminent authors writing in as many Indian languages were felicitated today by the Sahitya Akademi at its annual Festival of Letters.
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Nayantara Sahgal Rebuts Sahitya Akademi's Claim She Will Take Back Award
The Sahitya Akademi today claimed some of the writers, including Nayantara Sahgal, have agreed to take back the awards they had returned citing 'growing intolerance' in the country. Ms Sahgal, however, issued a separate statement strongly denying the academy's claim.
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Writers Urge Sahitya Akademi to Reinvent Itself
Continuing their protest against what they call growing intolerance, prominent writers including those who had returned their Sahitya Akademi awards today wrote to the National Academy of Letters urging it reinvent itself.
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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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Opinion: Celebrate, Not Mock the Dissenting Writers
A Sahitya Akademi winner Kalburgi's death did not elicit a protest by the Sahitya Akademi, leave alone those who were responsible for good governance in the country. Good governance, which means to not just protect the rights of every citizen, but also those writers who speak for them.
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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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Congress Terms Mahesh Sharma's Remarks on Writers 'Uncultured'
Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma was today dubbed as "arrogance personified" by the Congress for making light of writers returning their Sahitya Academy award in protest against alleged stifling of freedom of speech.
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Writer Nayantara Sahgal, Nehru's Niece, Returns Sahitya Akademi Award
Writer Nayantara Sahgal, niece of India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, has returned the Sahitya Akademi Award, saying the government has failed to protect cultural diversity.
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To Avoid Awards Being Returned, House Panel Suggests Taking Recipient's Consent
A parliamentary panel has suggested that whenever any award is given by Sahitya Akademi or other cultural academies, the consent of the recipient must be taken so that he or she does not return it for "political reasons".
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Shashi Tharoor Among Writers To Receive Sahitya Akademi Award 2019
Shashi Tharoor and playwright Nand Kishore Acharya are among 23 writers who will be awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award 2019. The National Academy of Letters announced the names of the winners on Wednesday.
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Sahitya Akademi Award Presented To 23 Authors
Sahitya Akademi, the National Academy of Letters, on Monday presented its annual awards to 23 eminent authors writing in as many Indian languages.
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Kalyani University Confers Honorary D.Litt. To Cricketer Jhulan Goswami, Ustad Rashid Khan, Poet Joy Goswami
Cricketer Jhulan Goswami, vocalist Ustad Rashid Khan and Sahitya Academy award winning poet Joy Goswami were conferred honorary D Lit degree by the University of Kalyani here today.
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Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar Announces Award For 10 Litterateurs Every Year
Haryana Chief Minsiter Manohar Lal Khattar yesterday said that the Haryana Granth Academy will honour 10 litterateurs every year. The awardees will also be given a cash prize of Rs. 1 lakh. The awards would be named after Pandit Deen dayal Upadhyay, Swami Vivekanand, and former deputy chief minister Mangal Sen.
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Sahitya Akademi Awards Presented To 24 Indian Authors
Twenty four eminent authors writing in as many Indian languages were felicitated today by the Sahitya Akademi at its annual Festival of Letters.
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Nayantara Sahgal Rebuts Sahitya Akademi's Claim She Will Take Back Award
The Sahitya Akademi today claimed some of the writers, including Nayantara Sahgal, have agreed to take back the awards they had returned citing 'growing intolerance' in the country. Ms Sahgal, however, issued a separate statement strongly denying the academy's claim.
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Writers Urge Sahitya Akademi to Reinvent Itself
Continuing their protest against what they call growing intolerance, prominent writers including those who had returned their Sahitya Akademi awards today wrote to the National Academy of Letters urging it reinvent itself.
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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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Opinion: Celebrate, Not Mock the Dissenting Writers
A Sahitya Akademi winner Kalburgi's death did not elicit a protest by the Sahitya Akademi, leave alone those who were responsible for good governance in the country. Good governance, which means to not just protect the rights of every citizen, but also those writers who speak for them.
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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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Congress Terms Mahesh Sharma's Remarks on Writers 'Uncultured'
Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma was today dubbed as "arrogance personified" by the Congress for making light of writers returning their Sahitya Academy award in protest against alleged stifling of freedom of speech.
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Writer Nayantara Sahgal, Nehru's Niece, Returns Sahitya Akademi Award
Writer Nayantara Sahgal, niece of India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, has returned the Sahitya Akademi Award, saying the government has failed to protect cultural diversity.
