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Will return award if Sahitya Akademi remains silent : Vikram Seth

Oct 17, 2015, at 04:40 pm

New Delhi, Oct 17(IBNS) Acclaimed novelist and poet Vikram Seth has said he will return the Sahitya Akademi award if the literary body remains "mealy mouthed" on free speech and the protection of writers.

After Nayantara Sahagal, poet Ashok Vajpeyi returns award

Oct 07, 2015, at 05:28 pm

New Delhi, Oct 7 (IBNS) After writer Nayantara Sahgal, Poet Ashok Vajpeyi has also returned the prestigious Sahitya Akademi award protesting against the alleged attack on India's diversity.