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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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Anurag Kashyap Says India has Always Been 'Intolerant'
"When we talk of intolerance, it depends on who is empowered. For example, there may be people who think that they might dislike something but cannot do anything about it. Also, there can be people who feel that they can do something about it when they are empowered," said Anurag Kashyap
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Gandhiji Didn't Give Back British Degree: Kamal Haasan on Tolerance Debate
Coming out strongly against those returning their awards over the "intolerance" row, actor Kamal Haasan today wondered if such acts would achieve anything as he invoked Mahatma Gandhi saying even he did not give back his Law degree to protest against the Britishers.
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Challenge PM Openly, But Don't Hurt India: Venkaiah Naidu to Writers
Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said intellectuals complaining of "growing intolerance" can openly challenge Prime Minister Narendra Modi on any policy, but they should desist from spreading "misinformation" that hurts the country.
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Mahesh Bhatt Describes Returning of Awards as a 'Brave Act'
"I find nothing wrong in the fact that filmmakers are returning their National Awards. It is a brave act. They, as citizens of India are entitled to express their dissent through the means which they choose," said Mahesh Bhatt
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Anil Kapoor Says 'Intolerance' is Not New, Doesn't Agree With Awardwapsi
"I haven't heard what he (Shah Rukh) has said. As far as I know him, I don't think that there would be any such thing in his mind. My stand is this thing (intolerance) is not something that's happening only in this government or in the previous government," said Anil Kapoor
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Writer Arundhati Roy Returns National Award
Writer Arundhati Roy has said that she feels "proud" to return her national award as part of the political movement against "ideological visciousness" and threats to free speech.
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Tolerance Debate: Scientist Jayant Narlikar Says Returning Awards Not Appropriate
Renowned scientist Jayant Narlikar has disapproved Sahitya Akademi awardees returning their awards over the killing of Kannada writer and rationalist MM Kalburgi.
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Those Returning Awards are Spreading 'Ideological Terrorism': Raghubar Das
Hitting out at Sahitya Akademi award winners who returned their laurels, Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das has accused them of spreading "ideological terrorism" in the country.
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'Frustrated Feudalists' Trying to Disturb Communal Harmony: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Joining the BJP chorus against returning of awards by cultural personalities over rising intolerance, Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today said some "frustrated feudalists" were spreading misinformation to disturb atmosphere of communal harmony and the pace of inclusive development.
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Sikh Group in Delhi Protests Against Writers Returning Awards, Detained
Expressing anguish against the author community's silence over the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, a group of Sikh agitators today attempted to burn judicial commission reports and copies of a book to register their protest but were detained by the police.
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Where Were Writers During 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots, Asks Venkaiah Naidu
Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu today asked what did the writers now protesting against intolerance do during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
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Intellectuals Slam Government's 'Manufactured Rebellion' Tag
Sharply criticising the government's description of their protest as a "manufactured rebellion" intellectuals and artists of different persuasions came together on one stage today.
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Needlessly Being Blamed For Dadri Incident, Intolerance, RSS Says
The Rashtriya Swayamswevak Sangh or RSS is being needlessly blamed for the mob-lynching of a man in Uttar Pradesh's Dadri and similar incidents of violence, General Secretary Bhaiyyaji Joshi has said.
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'Dibakar Banerjee is Trying to Get Attention by Returning National Award'
"I am very hurt that my film has got involved in this controversy. Dibakar has no right to return the award because this award is not his. It is given for the film that includes everyone - actors and the producer. How can he return the award," said Savita
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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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Anurag Kashyap Says India has Always Been 'Intolerant'
"When we talk of intolerance, it depends on who is empowered. For example, there may be people who think that they might dislike something but cannot do anything about it. Also, there can be people who feel that they can do something about it when they are empowered," said Anurag Kashyap
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Gandhiji Didn't Give Back British Degree: Kamal Haasan on Tolerance Debate
Coming out strongly against those returning their awards over the "intolerance" row, actor Kamal Haasan today wondered if such acts would achieve anything as he invoked Mahatma Gandhi saying even he did not give back his Law degree to protest against the Britishers.
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Challenge PM Openly, But Don't Hurt India: Venkaiah Naidu to Writers
Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said intellectuals complaining of "growing intolerance" can openly challenge Prime Minister Narendra Modi on any policy, but they should desist from spreading "misinformation" that hurts the country.
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Mahesh Bhatt Describes Returning of Awards as a 'Brave Act'
"I find nothing wrong in the fact that filmmakers are returning their National Awards. It is a brave act. They, as citizens of India are entitled to express their dissent through the means which they choose," said Mahesh Bhatt
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Anil Kapoor Says 'Intolerance' is Not New, Doesn't Agree With Awardwapsi
"I haven't heard what he (Shah Rukh) has said. As far as I know him, I don't think that there would be any such thing in his mind. My stand is this thing (intolerance) is not something that's happening only in this government or in the previous government," said Anil Kapoor
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Writer Arundhati Roy Returns National Award
Writer Arundhati Roy has said that she feels "proud" to return her national award as part of the political movement against "ideological visciousness" and threats to free speech.
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Tolerance Debate: Scientist Jayant Narlikar Says Returning Awards Not Appropriate
Renowned scientist Jayant Narlikar has disapproved Sahitya Akademi awardees returning their awards over the killing of Kannada writer and rationalist MM Kalburgi.
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Those Returning Awards are Spreading 'Ideological Terrorism': Raghubar Das
Hitting out at Sahitya Akademi award winners who returned their laurels, Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das has accused them of spreading "ideological terrorism" in the country.
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'Frustrated Feudalists' Trying to Disturb Communal Harmony: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Joining the BJP chorus against returning of awards by cultural personalities over rising intolerance, Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today said some "frustrated feudalists" were spreading misinformation to disturb atmosphere of communal harmony and the pace of inclusive development.
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Sikh Group in Delhi Protests Against Writers Returning Awards, Detained
Expressing anguish against the author community's silence over the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, a group of Sikh agitators today attempted to burn judicial commission reports and copies of a book to register their protest but were detained by the police.
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Where Were Writers During 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots, Asks Venkaiah Naidu
Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu today asked what did the writers now protesting against intolerance do during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
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Intellectuals Slam Government's 'Manufactured Rebellion' Tag
Sharply criticising the government's description of their protest as a "manufactured rebellion" intellectuals and artists of different persuasions came together on one stage today.
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Needlessly Being Blamed For Dadri Incident, Intolerance, RSS Says
The Rashtriya Swayamswevak Sangh or RSS is being needlessly blamed for the mob-lynching of a man in Uttar Pradesh's Dadri and similar incidents of violence, General Secretary Bhaiyyaji Joshi has said.
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'Dibakar Banerjee is Trying to Get Attention by Returning National Award'
"I am very hurt that my film has got involved in this controversy. Dibakar has no right to return the award because this award is not his. It is given for the film that includes everyone - actors and the producer. How can he return the award," said Savita
