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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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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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Returning Awards is a Symbolic Gesture: Shabana Azmi
Veteran actress Shabana Azmi today said the decision of several artistes and filmmakers to return their awards in protest against "a culture of intolerance" is a "symbolic gesture" of bigger things to come.
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Exclusive: Zubin Mehta Says Ink Attacks Shameful, Wants Pakistanis To Play In IPL
If public intellectuals are ostracized or vilified from speaking their minds, India risks becoming a "cultural dictatorship", world famous music conductor Zubin Mehta has said, calling the protest by writers, filmmakers and scientists returning honours "brave".
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'Not a Punching Bag For Pseudo-Seculars,' RSS Says on Protests by Intellectuals
Those returning awards are "desperate and frustrated", the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS has said, lashing out at the increasing number of public intellectuals including writers, scientists and filmmakers protesting against what they call "growing intolerance" in the country.
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It's a Matter of Individual Choice: Mark Tully on Writers' Returning Awards
Veteran journalist Mark Tully said writers returning their Sahitya Akademi awards in protest against growing intolerance is a matter of individual choice.
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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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Writers Who Returned Awards Also Opposed PM Modi Before Elections, Counter-Protesters Say
As writers held a silent march against the Sahitya Akademi, another group of people staged a counter-protest in New Delhi today, alleging that the move by authors to return awards was "motivated by their vested interests" and the literary body should not buckle under "pressure".
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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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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.
-
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.
-
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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Returning Awards is a Symbolic Gesture: Shabana Azmi
Veteran actress Shabana Azmi today said the decision of several artistes and filmmakers to return their awards in protest against "a culture of intolerance" is a "symbolic gesture" of bigger things to come.
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Exclusive: Zubin Mehta Says Ink Attacks Shameful, Wants Pakistanis To Play In IPL
If public intellectuals are ostracized or vilified from speaking their minds, India risks becoming a "cultural dictatorship", world famous music conductor Zubin Mehta has said, calling the protest by writers, filmmakers and scientists returning honours "brave".
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'Not a Punching Bag For Pseudo-Seculars,' RSS Says on Protests by Intellectuals
Those returning awards are "desperate and frustrated", the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS has said, lashing out at the increasing number of public intellectuals including writers, scientists and filmmakers protesting against what they call "growing intolerance" in the country.
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It's a Matter of Individual Choice: Mark Tully on Writers' Returning Awards
Veteran journalist Mark Tully said writers returning their Sahitya Akademi awards in protest against growing intolerance is a matter of individual choice.
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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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Writers Who Returned Awards Also Opposed PM Modi Before Elections, Counter-Protesters Say
As writers held a silent march against the Sahitya Akademi, another group of people staged a counter-protest in New Delhi today, alleging that the move by authors to return awards was "motivated by their vested interests" and the literary body should not buckle under "pressure".
