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Sahitya Akademi Awardees Cannot Return Award: Delhi High Court
Sahitya Akademi awardees are not eligible to return their awards as they are granted after considerable deliberations, the Delhi High Court on Monday noted.
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Court Seeks Centre's Reply On Framing Guidelines On Returning Awards
The Delhi High Court today sought a response from the Centre on a plea seeking a direction to frame guidelines that if Sahitya Akademi awardees return their awards, they should also return the prize money and royalties they may have earned through sale of their books.
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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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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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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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Assam's Homen Borgohain to Return Sahitya Akademi Award
Joining the league of Sahitya Akademi awardees returning their awards in protest against growing "fascist tendency" in the country, Assam's litterateur and journalist Homen Borgohain has also decided to return the honour.
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Sahitya Akademi Awardees Cannot Return Award: Delhi High Court
Sahitya Akademi awardees are not eligible to return their awards as they are granted after considerable deliberations, the Delhi High Court on Monday noted.
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Court Seeks Centre's Reply On Framing Guidelines On Returning Awards
The Delhi High Court today sought a response from the Centre on a plea seeking a direction to frame guidelines that if Sahitya Akademi awardees return their awards, they should also return the prize money and royalties they may have earned through sale of their books.
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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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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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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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Assam's Homen Borgohain to Return Sahitya Akademi Award
Joining the league of Sahitya Akademi awardees returning their awards in protest against growing "fascist tendency" in the country, Assam's litterateur and journalist Homen Borgohain has also decided to return the honour.
