Why Author Shashi Deshpande Quit the Sahitya Akademi

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Why author Shashi Deshpande quit the Sahitya Akademi

Two more writers, including the renowned author Shashi Deshpande have quit the Sahitya Akademi. She says she is distressed by the role of the Akademi in doing nothing following the murder of the rationalist Professor MM Kalburgi.

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