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Actors Go On Strike In New Blow To Struggling Hollywood Studios
For the first time in six decades, Hollywood writers and actors are on strike at the same time - a cataclysm for hundreds of thousands of film and TV workers already idled by the entertainment industry's growing labor strife.
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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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Writer's 20-Hour Protest As Mumbai Jeweller Refuses To Speak In Marathi
Marathi writer Shobha Deshpande staged a 20-hour protest in Mumbai after a city-based jeweller allegedly refused to speak in the Marathi language and asked her to leave his shop where she had gone to make a purchase.
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"Nation's Soul Threatened": Naseeruddin Shah, Mira Nair In Open Note On CAA
Over 300 eminent personalities, including actor Naseeruddin Shah, filmmaker Mira Nair, vocalist TM Krishna, author Amitav Ghosh and historian Romila Thapar have expressed solidarity with the students and others protesting against the CAA and NRC.
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"Wise Government Would Withdraw It": Ramachandra Guha On Citizenship Law
CAA Protests: Eminent historian and writer Ramachandra Guha on Saturday termed the Citizenship Amendment Act "immoral" and "against the spirit of the Constitution" and said a wise and just government would withdraw it.
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"BJP Government Has Declared War On Its Own People": Sonia Gandhi
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Monday accused the Modi government of being the "creator of violence and divisiveness" which has declared a war against its own people and said the writers of this script of polarisation are Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah.
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'Beyond Borders,' Tweets Nandita Das As Pakistanis Protest Ban On Manto
Manto is based on Pakistani writer Saadat Hasan Manto, played by Nawazuddin Siddiqui onscreen
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Police Case Against Writer Girish Karnad For "Urban Naxal" Sign At Event
A lawyer Friday lodged a complaint against noted playwright and Jnanpith awardee Girish Karnad for holding a placard 'Me Too Urban Naxal' during an event organised to mark the first death anniversary of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh on September 5 in the city.
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Author Returns Award In Protest Over Jallikattu Issue
A writer and recipient of the Sahitya Akademi's Yuva Puraskar today returned his award, protesting against the lack of "positive" action from the Centre on the Jallikattu issue.
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Opinion: What Rahul Gandhi Has Won - And Risked - By Playing Hardball
While it hardly transacted business, the winter session of parliament marked a transition for the Congress and the opposition. As Sonia Gandhi took a backseat, due to health reasons or out of a desire to give her son more room, Rahul Gandhi became the Congress' prime mover and interface with other opposition parties. He attend parliament regularly,...
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Dalit Writer Amrutlal Makwana Returns Award After Una Incident
As a mark of protest against the thrashing of Dalit youths at Una, Dalit writer Amrutlal Makwana on Wednesday returned an award given by the Gujarat government.
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JNU Case: Support For Arrested Student From Chomsky, Pamuk, 84 Others
Eminent academicians, scientists and writers from across the world, including Noam Chomsky and Orhan Pamuk, have recorded their condemnation of the arrest of a JNU student in a strongly-worded statement that says it is "evidence of the present government's deeply authoritarian nature, intolerant of any dissent".
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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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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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Poet Ashok Vajpeyi Refuses To Take Back Award, Says 'Intolerance Remain High'
Noted writer and poet Ashok Vajpeyi today refused to take back the Sahitya Akademi award that he had returned stating that "intolerance levels remain high" in the country.
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Actors Go On Strike In New Blow To Struggling Hollywood Studios
For the first time in six decades, Hollywood writers and actors are on strike at the same time - a cataclysm for hundreds of thousands of film and TV workers already idled by the entertainment industry's growing labor strife.
-
"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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Writer's 20-Hour Protest As Mumbai Jeweller Refuses To Speak In Marathi
Marathi writer Shobha Deshpande staged a 20-hour protest in Mumbai after a city-based jeweller allegedly refused to speak in the Marathi language and asked her to leave his shop where she had gone to make a purchase.
-
"Nation's Soul Threatened": Naseeruddin Shah, Mira Nair In Open Note On CAA
Over 300 eminent personalities, including actor Naseeruddin Shah, filmmaker Mira Nair, vocalist TM Krishna, author Amitav Ghosh and historian Romila Thapar have expressed solidarity with the students and others protesting against the CAA and NRC.
-
"Wise Government Would Withdraw It": Ramachandra Guha On Citizenship Law
CAA Protests: Eminent historian and writer Ramachandra Guha on Saturday termed the Citizenship Amendment Act "immoral" and "against the spirit of the Constitution" and said a wise and just government would withdraw it.
-
"BJP Government Has Declared War On Its Own People": Sonia Gandhi
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Monday accused the Modi government of being the "creator of violence and divisiveness" which has declared a war against its own people and said the writers of this script of polarisation are Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah.
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'Beyond Borders,' Tweets Nandita Das As Pakistanis Protest Ban On Manto
Manto is based on Pakistani writer Saadat Hasan Manto, played by Nawazuddin Siddiqui onscreen
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Police Case Against Writer Girish Karnad For "Urban Naxal" Sign At Event
A lawyer Friday lodged a complaint against noted playwright and Jnanpith awardee Girish Karnad for holding a placard 'Me Too Urban Naxal' during an event organised to mark the first death anniversary of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh on September 5 in the city.
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Author Returns Award In Protest Over Jallikattu Issue
A writer and recipient of the Sahitya Akademi's Yuva Puraskar today returned his award, protesting against the lack of "positive" action from the Centre on the Jallikattu issue.
-
Opinion: What Rahul Gandhi Has Won - And Risked - By Playing Hardball
While it hardly transacted business, the winter session of parliament marked a transition for the Congress and the opposition. As Sonia Gandhi took a backseat, due to health reasons or out of a desire to give her son more room, Rahul Gandhi became the Congress' prime mover and interface with other opposition parties. He attend parliament regularly,...
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Dalit Writer Amrutlal Makwana Returns Award After Una Incident
As a mark of protest against the thrashing of Dalit youths at Una, Dalit writer Amrutlal Makwana on Wednesday returned an award given by the Gujarat government.
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JNU Case: Support For Arrested Student From Chomsky, Pamuk, 84 Others
Eminent academicians, scientists and writers from across the world, including Noam Chomsky and Orhan Pamuk, have recorded their condemnation of the arrest of a JNU student in a strongly-worded statement that says it is "evidence of the present government's deeply authoritarian nature, intolerant of any dissent".
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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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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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Poet Ashok Vajpeyi Refuses To Take Back Award, Says 'Intolerance Remain High'
Noted writer and poet Ashok Vajpeyi today refused to take back the Sahitya Akademi award that he had returned stating that "intolerance levels remain high" in the country.
