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Some writers, including Nayantara Sahgal, have agreed to take back awards: Sahitya Akademi
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Some writers, including Nayantara Sahgal, have agreed to take back awards: Sahitya Akademi
NEW DELHI: Sahitya Akademi on Friday said some of the writers, including Nayantara Sahgal, have agreed to take back the awards they had returned citing 'growing intolerance' in the country.
"Sahitya Akademi has started sending back the awards to the writers...It has already been sent to Nayantara Sahgal. Another writer Nand Bhardwaj has also agreed to take back the award. It would be sent to other writers as well," Sahitya Akademi president Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari said. .....
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Some-writers-including-Nayantara-Sahgal-have-agreed-to-take-back-awards-Sahitya-Akademi/articleshow/50689016.cms
>>> These writers taking back their awards now, after initially (a few months ago) returning them to Sahitya Academy as a protest against so-called rising intolerance, just shows that their protest (especially returning the awards) was simply a hoax and politically motivated.
"Sahitya Akademi has started sending back the awards to the writers...It has already been sent to Nayantara Sahgal. Another writer Nand Bhardwaj has also agreed to take back the award. It would be sent to other writers as well," Sahitya Akademi president Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari said. .....
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Some-writers-including-Nayantara-Sahgal-have-agreed-to-take-back-awards-Sahitya-Akademi/articleshow/50689016.cms
>>> These writers taking back their awards now, after initially (a few months ago) returning them to Sahitya Academy as a protest against so-called rising intolerance, just shows that their protest (especially returning the awards) was simply a hoax and politically motivated.
Re: Some writers, including Nayantara Sahgal, have agreed to take back awards: Sahitya Akademi
Who is offering it back to them?
Total idiots.
Returning the award is disrespecting the award. Why return it to protest against something totally unrelated.
Total idiots.
Returning the award is disrespecting the award. Why return it to protest against something totally unrelated.
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