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.
Nine more scholars return Sahitya Akademi award
Oct 12, 2015, at 05:13 pm
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IBNS) Nine more scholars have returned Sahitya Akademy award over rising intolerance and communal disharmony taking the number of protesting writers who have disowned the coveted prize to 15.
Sashi Deshpande quits Sahitya Akademi protesting silence over Kalburgi's murder
Oct 10, 2015, at 04:49 pm
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IBNS) Writer Shashi Deshpande has resigned from the Sahitya Akademi General Council, joining the celebrated littorateurs, who have publicly declined state honours protesting the murder of Prof M M Kalburgi and the alleged attacks on the country's diversity.
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.