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Writers Must Respect Their Awards: Sahitya Akademi President
Post the 'award-wapsi' campaign across the country during which a slew of writers returned their Sahitya Akademi awards to protest against "growing intolerance", Akademi President Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari today said the writers must respect the awards they win.
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Fear and Terror Has Been Condemned: Vikram Seth on Sahitya Akademi Statement
Eminent author Vikram Seth today welcomed top literary body Sahitya Akademi's statement condemning attacks on writers and the alleged rise in intolerance in the country.
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Urdu Poet Munawwar Rana Returns Sahitya Akademi Award
Renowned Urdu poet Munawwar Rana today took to television to hand over his Sahitya Akademi award along with a Rs 1 lakh cash prize and vowed never to accept any government award in future.
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'Alarming Times for Free Expression in India': Salman Rushdie Backs Authors
Booker Prize winning author Salman Rushdie today joined the growing chorus of protests by writers and poets against spread of "communal poison" and "rising intolerance" in the country even as 12 more authors decided to return their Sahitya Akademi awards.
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Writers Must Respect Their Awards: Sahitya Akademi President
Post the 'award-wapsi' campaign across the country during which a slew of writers returned their Sahitya Akademi awards to protest against "growing intolerance", Akademi President Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari today said the writers must respect the awards they win.
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Fear and Terror Has Been Condemned: Vikram Seth on Sahitya Akademi Statement
Eminent author Vikram Seth today welcomed top literary body Sahitya Akademi's statement condemning attacks on writers and the alleged rise in intolerance in the country.
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Urdu Poet Munawwar Rana Returns Sahitya Akademi Award
Renowned Urdu poet Munawwar Rana today took to television to hand over his Sahitya Akademi award along with a Rs 1 lakh cash prize and vowed never to accept any government award in future.
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'Alarming Times for Free Expression in India': Salman Rushdie Backs Authors
Booker Prize winning author Salman Rushdie today joined the growing chorus of protests by writers and poets against spread of "communal poison" and "rising intolerance" in the country even as 12 more authors decided to return their Sahitya Akademi awards.
