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Sahitya Akademi Awardee G Nanjundan Found Dead At His House In Bengaluru
Sahitya Akademi award winner G Nanjundan was found dead at his residence in Bengaluru today, the police said. The body, found in a decomposed state, has been sent for postmortem, they said.
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Tolerance Debate: Actor Anupam Kher to Lead 'March For India'
Veteran actor Anupam Kher on Friday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be an audience to share with him the thoughts of "millions of Indians".
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Writers Urge Sahitya Akademi to Reinvent Itself
Continuing their protest against what they call growing intolerance, prominent writers including those who had returned their Sahitya Akademi awards today wrote to the National Academy of Letters urging it reinvent itself.
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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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'Never Witnessed Such Intolerance,' Says Gulzar Backing Writers' Protest
Noted lyricist and filmmaker Gulzar has come out in support of writers and poet returning their Sahitya Akademi awards in protest of the growing religious intolerance in the country, saying this is the only way a writer can register protest.
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Writers Hold Protest March in Delhi Ahead of Crucial Sahitya Akademi Meeting
With black gags and arm bands, writers and their supporters held a solidarity march in New Delhi ahead of the Sahitya Akademi emergency meeting to discuss the returning of awards by eminent authors in protest against "rising intolerance" in the backdrop MM Kalburgi's killing.
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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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Will Return Award if Akademi Doesn't Defend Free Speech: Anita Desai
Noted novelist Anita Desai has said she will return her Sahitya Award if the Akademi does not make it clear that it is not a government body but an independent one that exists to defend free speech and the right to question and dissent.
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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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Cried A Lot When Kalburgi Was Killed, Says 17-Year-Old Returning Award
For 17 year-old Ria Vithasha, who has authored five novels, the killing of senior Kannada writer MM Kalburgi distressed her enough to take the decision to return her Karnataka Sahitya Academy award.
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Writers Returning Awards a 'Manufactured Revolt': Arun Jaitley
The steady stream of writers returning Sahitya Akademi awards has been termed as a "manufactured paper rebellion" against the government by finance minister Arun Jaitley.
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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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Kannada Writer Returns Akademi Award in Protest Over Kalburgi Killing
Joining the bandwagon of writers and poets protesting against the growing intolerance, Kannada writer and professor, Rahamat Tarikeri has returned his Sahitya Akademi award in protest against the killing of scholar MM Kalburgi and rationalists Narendra Dabholkar and Govind Pansare.
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Union Culture Minister Questions 'Motive' of Writers Returning Akademi Awards
As more writers and poets decided to return their Sahita Akademi Awards in protest against "rising intolerance" in the country, Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma today said he suspected their motives for such "not called for" action.
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More Authors Return Sahitya Akademi Awards Over Kalburgi Killing
Six more authors have decided to return their Sahitya Akademi awards as a mark of protest against rising intolerance and communal atmosphere after the death of rationalist MM Kalburgi, taking the number of such authors returning the literary honour to 16.
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Sahitya Akademi Awardee G Nanjundan Found Dead At His House In Bengaluru
Sahitya Akademi award winner G Nanjundan was found dead at his residence in Bengaluru today, the police said. The body, found in a decomposed state, has been sent for postmortem, they said.
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Tolerance Debate: Actor Anupam Kher to Lead 'March For India'
Veteran actor Anupam Kher on Friday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be an audience to share with him the thoughts of "millions of Indians".
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Writers Urge Sahitya Akademi to Reinvent Itself
Continuing their protest against what they call growing intolerance, prominent writers including those who had returned their Sahitya Akademi awards today wrote to the National Academy of Letters urging it reinvent itself.
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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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'Never Witnessed Such Intolerance,' Says Gulzar Backing Writers' Protest
Noted lyricist and filmmaker Gulzar has come out in support of writers and poet returning their Sahitya Akademi awards in protest of the growing religious intolerance in the country, saying this is the only way a writer can register protest.
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Writers Hold Protest March in Delhi Ahead of Crucial Sahitya Akademi Meeting
With black gags and arm bands, writers and their supporters held a solidarity march in New Delhi ahead of the Sahitya Akademi emergency meeting to discuss the returning of awards by eminent authors in protest against "rising intolerance" in the backdrop MM Kalburgi's killing.
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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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Will Return Award if Akademi Doesn't Defend Free Speech: Anita Desai
Noted novelist Anita Desai has said she will return her Sahitya Award if the Akademi does not make it clear that it is not a government body but an independent one that exists to defend free speech and the right to question and dissent.
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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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Cried A Lot When Kalburgi Was Killed, Says 17-Year-Old Returning Award
For 17 year-old Ria Vithasha, who has authored five novels, the killing of senior Kannada writer MM Kalburgi distressed her enough to take the decision to return her Karnataka Sahitya Academy award.
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Writers Returning Awards a 'Manufactured Revolt': Arun Jaitley
The steady stream of writers returning Sahitya Akademi awards has been termed as a "manufactured paper rebellion" against the government by finance minister Arun Jaitley.
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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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Kannada Writer Returns Akademi Award in Protest Over Kalburgi Killing
Joining the bandwagon of writers and poets protesting against the growing intolerance, Kannada writer and professor, Rahamat Tarikeri has returned his Sahitya Akademi award in protest against the killing of scholar MM Kalburgi and rationalists Narendra Dabholkar and Govind Pansare.
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Union Culture Minister Questions 'Motive' of Writers Returning Akademi Awards
As more writers and poets decided to return their Sahita Akademi Awards in protest against "rising intolerance" in the country, Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma today said he suspected their motives for such "not called for" action.
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More Authors Return Sahitya Akademi Awards Over Kalburgi Killing
Six more authors have decided to return their Sahitya Akademi awards as a mark of protest against rising intolerance and communal atmosphere after the death of rationalist MM Kalburgi, taking the number of such authors returning the literary honour to 16.
