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Marathi Literature Body's Chief Quits Amid Nayantara Sahgal Invite Row
The president of the Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Mahamandal, Shripad Joshi, resigned today amid controversy over withdrawal of invitation to writer Nayantara Sahgal for the annual Marathi literary meet by the event's organisers.
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Author Nayantara Sahgal Dropped From Lit Meet, Raj Thackeray Apologises
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray said that his party has no objection to noted author Nayantara Sahgal being invited to a literary meet in Maharashtra this week and apologised for "any convenience and strain". The decision to withdraw the invitation to the writer was taken after a political outfit threatened to disrupt the function, t...
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PM Modi Has Met His Match In Kanhaiya Kumar: Writer Nayantara Sahgal
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met his match in Kanhaiya Kumar, said writer Nayantara Sahgal today as she praised the JNU Students Union president.
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My Protest Against Intolerance Continues, Says Writer Nayantara Sahgal
Noted writer Nayantara Sahgal, who has refused to accept her literary award back, today wrote to the Sahitya Akademi saying her protest against intolerance continues.
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Waiting For Naked Statues At Khajuraho To Be Covered: Nayantara Sahgal
Noted writer Nayantara Sahgal, who was among the first to speak out on perceived intolerance in the country, today said she is waiting for the day when the culture minister drapes naked statues at Khajuraho with a saree.
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Nayantara Sahgal Questions Timing Of Sahitya Akademi's Policy On Awards
Eminent writer Nayantara Sahgal on Saturday clarified that she was not taking back the award and questioned the timing of Sahitya Akademi's announcement of a policy not to take back awards.
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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 Must Respect Their Awards: Sahitya Akademi President
Post the 'award-wapsi' campaign across the country during which a slew of writers returned their Sahitya Akademi awards to protest against "growing intolerance", Akademi President Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari today said the writers must respect the awards they win.
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Rahul Gandhi Showing 'Signs of Great Change': Nayantara Sahgal
Noted writer Nayantara Sahgal is impressed with the way Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has decided to play a "bigger role". She feels Mr Gandhi is showing "signs of great change".
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'Secularism Under Threat Like Never Before,' Writer Nayantara Sahgal Says
Secularism in India is under threat like never before said noted writer Nayantara Sahgal who had recently returned her 'Sahitya Akademi' award in protest against mob lynching of man in Dadri over rumours that he had eaten cow meat.
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Modi Government May Amend Constitution After Rajya Sabha Majority: Nayantara Sahgal
Noted writer Nayantara Sahgal, who returned her Sahitya Akademi award to protest "growing intolerance", a move which prompted many other personalities to follow suit, said that the Modi government may amend the Constitution once it gets a majority in Rajya Sabha.
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Jaitley's Comments on Akademi Row Show Government is Rattled: Nayantara Sahgal
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's comments on writers, historians, scientists and filmmakers returning awards to protest the climate of intolerance in the country show that the Narendra Modi government is rattled by the public outcry, noted writer Nayantara Sahgal said today.
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Opinion: Why Aren't Scientists Returning Awards?
If the spate of Award-wapsi is a 'motivated protest' by persons who have been patronized by the Congress or the Left, that would be as true of the scientists. Why then have few, if any, scientists protested publicly?
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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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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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Marathi Literature Body's Chief Quits Amid Nayantara Sahgal Invite Row
The president of the Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Mahamandal, Shripad Joshi, resigned today amid controversy over withdrawal of invitation to writer Nayantara Sahgal for the annual Marathi literary meet by the event's organisers.
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Author Nayantara Sahgal Dropped From Lit Meet, Raj Thackeray Apologises
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray said that his party has no objection to noted author Nayantara Sahgal being invited to a literary meet in Maharashtra this week and apologised for "any convenience and strain". The decision to withdraw the invitation to the writer was taken after a political outfit threatened to disrupt the function, t...
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PM Modi Has Met His Match In Kanhaiya Kumar: Writer Nayantara Sahgal
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met his match in Kanhaiya Kumar, said writer Nayantara Sahgal today as she praised the JNU Students Union president.
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My Protest Against Intolerance Continues, Says Writer Nayantara Sahgal
Noted writer Nayantara Sahgal, who has refused to accept her literary award back, today wrote to the Sahitya Akademi saying her protest against intolerance continues.
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Waiting For Naked Statues At Khajuraho To Be Covered: Nayantara Sahgal
Noted writer Nayantara Sahgal, who was among the first to speak out on perceived intolerance in the country, today said she is waiting for the day when the culture minister drapes naked statues at Khajuraho with a saree.
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Nayantara Sahgal Questions Timing Of Sahitya Akademi's Policy On Awards
Eminent writer Nayantara Sahgal on Saturday clarified that she was not taking back the award and questioned the timing of Sahitya Akademi's announcement of a policy not to take back awards.
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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 Must Respect Their Awards: Sahitya Akademi President
Post the 'award-wapsi' campaign across the country during which a slew of writers returned their Sahitya Akademi awards to protest against "growing intolerance", Akademi President Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari today said the writers must respect the awards they win.
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Rahul Gandhi Showing 'Signs of Great Change': Nayantara Sahgal
Noted writer Nayantara Sahgal is impressed with the way Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has decided to play a "bigger role". She feels Mr Gandhi is showing "signs of great change".
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'Secularism Under Threat Like Never Before,' Writer Nayantara Sahgal Says
Secularism in India is under threat like never before said noted writer Nayantara Sahgal who had recently returned her 'Sahitya Akademi' award in protest against mob lynching of man in Dadri over rumours that he had eaten cow meat.
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Modi Government May Amend Constitution After Rajya Sabha Majority: Nayantara Sahgal
Noted writer Nayantara Sahgal, who returned her Sahitya Akademi award to protest "growing intolerance", a move which prompted many other personalities to follow suit, said that the Modi government may amend the Constitution once it gets a majority in Rajya Sabha.
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Jaitley's Comments on Akademi Row Show Government is Rattled: Nayantara Sahgal
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's comments on writers, historians, scientists and filmmakers returning awards to protest the climate of intolerance in the country show that the Narendra Modi government is rattled by the public outcry, noted writer Nayantara Sahgal said today.
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Opinion: Why Aren't Scientists Returning Awards?
If the spate of Award-wapsi is a 'motivated protest' by persons who have been patronized by the Congress or the Left, that would be as true of the scientists. Why then have few, if any, scientists protested publicly?
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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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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.
