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AMU Professor Recieves Sahitya Akademi Award
Professor Shafey Kidwai has received the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award (2019) for his seminal Urdu work "Sawanah-e-Sir Syed - Ek Bazdeed" last week.
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Urdu Poet Munawwar Rana to Meet PM Modi Soon Over Writers Returning Awards
Urdu poet Munawwar Rana, who has returned his Sahitya Akademi award over growing intolerance in the country, would meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi soon.
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'Returning Awards Strongest Form of Protest,' Says Urdu Poet Munawwar Rana
A day after he announced his decision to return his Sahitya Akademi award, renowned Urdu poet Munawwar Rana today said that writers in the country have not been left with any strong methods to lodge their protest.
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Urdu Poet Munawwar Rana Returns Sahitya Akademi Award
Renowned Urdu poet Munawwar Rana today took to television to hand over his Sahitya Akademi award along with a Rs 1 lakh cash prize and vowed never to accept any government award in future.
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Poet rapped for Modi remark, asked to return grant
This collection of poetry came to light in 2008, because Akeel Shatir Ansari was granted 10,000 rupees, by the Gujarat Government-run Urdu Sahitya Academy.Now, the academy has served him a notice asking him to return the money with interest.Their reason for doing so is because in the foreword by eight writers, Mumbai-based poet Raunaq Afroz mention...
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AMU Professor Recieves Sahitya Akademi Award
Professor Shafey Kidwai has received the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award (2019) for his seminal Urdu work "Sawanah-e-Sir Syed - Ek Bazdeed" last week.
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Urdu Poet Munawwar Rana to Meet PM Modi Soon Over Writers Returning Awards
Urdu poet Munawwar Rana, who has returned his Sahitya Akademi award over growing intolerance in the country, would meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi soon.
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'Returning Awards Strongest Form of Protest,' Says Urdu Poet Munawwar Rana
A day after he announced his decision to return his Sahitya Akademi award, renowned Urdu poet Munawwar Rana today said that writers in the country have not been left with any strong methods to lodge their protest.
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Urdu Poet Munawwar Rana Returns Sahitya Akademi Award
Renowned Urdu poet Munawwar Rana today took to television to hand over his Sahitya Akademi award along with a Rs 1 lakh cash prize and vowed never to accept any government award in future.
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Poet rapped for Modi remark, asked to return grant
This collection of poetry came to light in 2008, because Akeel Shatir Ansari was granted 10,000 rupees, by the Gujarat Government-run Urdu Sahitya Academy.Now, the academy has served him a notice asking him to return the money with interest.Their reason for doing so is because in the foreword by eight writers, Mumbai-based poet Raunaq Afroz mention...
