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  Sahitya Akademi awardee Nabaneeta Dev Sen passes away

  India | November 08, 2019 8:05 IST

  She researched for years and analysed "Ramkatha" from Sita's viewpoint. "Chandrabati Ramayan" is one of her notable works. Condoling her death, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said, Dev Sen's death was an irreparable loss to the literary world.    

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  Ruskin Bond and his timeless tales: A glimpse into the writer’s life on his 83rd birthday

  Books & Culture | May 19, 2017 12:58 IST

  Bond turned 83 on May 19 and has dedicated well over six decades of his life to writing and, fortunately for his readers, continues to write at an incredible pace.

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  Award Wapasi row: Nayantara Sahgal agrees to take her award back

  India | January 22, 2016 14:29 IST

  New Delhi: Almost two months after they returned their Sahitya Akademi awards to protest against 'growing intolerance' in the country, some eminent writers have now decided the take back their prizes.According to a HT report,

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  Writer Ashok Vajpeyi to return D. Litt from Hyderabad varsity

  India | January 19, 2016 19:02 IST

  New Delhi: Noted writer Ashok Vajpeyi today decided to return D.Litt given to him by Hyderabad University in protest against the "anti-dalit" attitude of authorities which has allegedly driven a dalit student to commit suicide."A

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  Sahitya Akademi refuses to accept awards returned by authors

  India | December 18, 2015 14:50 IST

  New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi has decided not to accept the awards returned by 35 winners to protest against rising intolerance.K Sreenivas Rao, secretary, Sahitya Akademi informed that the Akademi will not encash cheques returned by

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  Cyrus Mistry, Ramdarash Mishra among Sahitya Akademi award winners

  India | December 18, 2015 12:03 IST

  New Delhi: Novelist Cyrus Mistry and poet Ramdarash Mishra were among the winners of Sahitya Akademi award announced here on Thursday.Six books of short stories, six of poetry, four novels, two books each of essays,

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  40 artists, writers returned awards over 'mishappenings': Government

  India | November 30, 2015 18:05 IST

  New Delhi: Forty artists and writers have returned their awards to protest against "recent mishappenings against the writers" and the Sahitya Akademi has requested them to reconsider their decision, the Lok Sabha was informed today.In

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  Why Awards not returned when Kashmiri Pandits were persecuted?

  India | November 21, 2015 15:52 IST

  Indore: Pakistani-origin Canadian writer, Tarek Fatah, yesterday wondered why prominent personalities who have returned their awards protesting against 'growing intolerance' did not do so when Kashmiri Pandits were persecuted by extremists or the arm of

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  Sahitya Akademi urges writers to take back awards

  India | November 06, 2015 19:08 IST

  New Delhi: The Sahitya Akademi today again urged writers to take back the awards they have relinquished, saying these were given with love and respect and such feelings should be respected."Our executive board has already

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  Those returning awards spreading ideological terrorism: Raghubar Das

  Politics | November 04, 2015 12:51 IST

  Ranchi: 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."Those returning the awards (Sahitya Akademi) are spreading ideological

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  Body found, police verifying resemblance with Kalburgi's killers

  India | October 28, 2015 22:53 IST

  Belagavi (Karnataka): An unidentified body with two bullet injuries has been found at a village in Belagavi district and police were verifying if it resembled the sketch of one of the two killers of writer

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  Returning Sahitya Akademi awards the only way to protest: Gulzar

  Bollywood | October 25, 2015 16:00 IST

   Patna : Noted lyricist Gulzar has come out in support of authors returning their Sahitya Akademi awards in protest of the growing religious intolerance in the country, saying this is the only way a writer can

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  Sahitya Akademi condemns killings of writers, urges them to take back awards

  India | October 23, 2015 19:03 IST

  New Delhi: The Sahitya Akademi for the first time on Friday condemned the killing of writers and urged the writers to take back the awards they returned in anguish against the Akademi's silence so far

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  Urdu poet Munawwar Rana, who returned his Akademi award, to meet PM Modi soon

  India | October 22, 2015 17:59 IST

  Lucknow: Urdu poet Munawwar Rana, who has returned his Sahitya Akamdei award will be meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi soon.“I got a call from PMO on Tuesday with a request to meet him the next

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  Will wait for Akademi decision to return Sahitya award: Vikram Seth

  India | October 21, 2015 17:40 IST

  New Delhi: Eminent novelist Vikram Seth has said he was keenly awaiting the outcome of Sahitya Akademi's upcoming emergency meeting to decide whether or not to give up award conferred on him by the literary

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  Will return award if Akademi doesn't make a clear stand: Anita Desai

  India | October 21, 2015 13:32 IST

  London: 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

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  Kashmir writer Margoob Banhali returns Sahitya Akademi

  India | October 19, 2015 23:39 IST

  Srinagar: Noted Kashmir writer and poet Margoob Banhali on Monday joined the growing list of litterateurs to return the Sahitya Akademi Award in protest against the "increasing attacks on minorities" in the country."Attacks on minorities

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  AKBH performs 'buddhi shuddhi' yagya for authors returning awards

  India | October 19, 2015 9:42 IST

  Aligarh: The Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha performed a 'Buddhi Shuddhi' (cleansing of the mind) yagya on Sunday in a bid to knock some sense into the authors who are returning their Sahitya Akademi award to

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  Urdu poet Munnawar Rana returns Sahitya Award on live TV

  India | October 19, 2015 7:34 IST

  New Delhi: Urdu poet Munawwar Rana on Sunday announced on live TV his decision to return Sahitya Akademi award along with a Rs one lakh cash prize and vowed not to accept any government award

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  BJP, Congress at loggerheads over NJAC issue

  Politics | October 18, 2015 6:43 IST

  New Delhi: Sharp differences were visible between BJP and Congress over the striking down of NJAC Act by Supreme Court, hinting at an uphill task for the government in case it wants to bring a