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Secularism under threat today, says writer Nayantara Sahgal"secularism is under threat like never before and that individual freedom and rights have to be protected even these are guaranteed in the ...05 Nov, 2015, 04.46 PM IST- Authors urge Sahitya Akademi to reinvent itselfWriters wrote to the National Academy of Letters urging it to build on the resolution passed and respond in a 'strong, humane and robust' m...01 Nov, 2015, 04.39 PM IST
- Arun Jaitley's comments show government is rattled, says Nayantara Sahgal"I am afraid the government is very rattled and nervous about this huge public response and is acting in the way it is and not in an intell...29 Oct, 2015, 07.49 PM IST
- Perception about intolerance limited to Lutyen's Zone: Amit ShahBJP president Amit Shah dismissed protests over growing intolerance in the country as a "perception" limited to "Lutyen's Zone", the area i...24 Oct, 2015, 07.17 PM IST
- West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi sees political considerations behind returning of awardWest Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi said there appeared to be "some kind of political consideration" behind returning the Sahitya Ak...15 Oct, 2015, 04.01 PM IST
- Jaipur-based writer Anand Bhardwaj returns Sahitya Akademi awardAnand Bhardwaj has returned his Sahitya Akademi award in protest against "rising religious intolerance and attack on freedom of expression".15 Oct, 2015, 12.24 PM IST
- PM Narendra Modi should strongly condemn Dadri lynching: WritersNayantara Sahgal and Shashi Deshpande today sought a strong condemnation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi of Dadri lynching incident.14 Oct, 2015, 06.38 PM IST
- Led by Nayantara Sahgal, Indian writers renounce awards; script dissent against intoleranceFormer head of the Lalit Kala Akademi Ashok Vajpayi returned his award, in Kashmir poet-writer Ghulam Nabi Khayal also followed suit.13 Oct, 2015, 01.19 PM IST
- Voices of independent expressions cannot be stifled: Gopalkrishna Gandhi"This is to say that it 'it was a stilling of a different voice, a different way, a different faith and a different kind of food", the form...10 Oct, 2015, 08.13 PM IST
- Dadri lynching: Urdu writer Rahman Abbas to return award in protestUrdu novelist Rahman Abbas will return the Maharashtra State Urdu Sahitya Academy Award as a mark of protest against the Dadri lynching inc...10 Oct, 2015, 03.02 PM IST
- Dadri incident: Urdu writer Rahman Abbas to return award in protestAbbas had in 2011 won the award for his third novel Khuda Ke Saaye Mein Aankh Micholi (Hide-and Seek in the Shadow of God).09 Oct, 2015, 02.52 PM IST
- Writers hurt by Sahitya Akademi's silence on killings: Giriraj KishoreNoted Hindi writer Giriraj Kishore today registered his protest over the killing of Kannada writer Professor M M Kalburgi and said the comm...08 Oct, 2015, 07.41 PM IST
- Don't judge Sahityaks who keep their prizeThe incredible pressure that all winners are now feeling since Sahgal and Vajpeyi returned their awards may not be palpable to all and sund...08 Oct, 2015, 04.21 AM IST
- Javed Akhtar comes out in support of Nayantara's decision to return Sahitya awardEminent poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar today came out in support of noted author Nayantara Sahgal's decision to return her Sahitya Akademi ...07 Oct, 2015, 11.37 PM IST
- Writers politicising the literary body: Sahitya Akademi chiefThe Akademi reacted by accusing the writers of politicising the autonomous body.07 Oct, 2015, 08.15 PM IST
- Nayantara Sahgal's move reflects anger in country against 'intolerance': Opposition partiesBacking Sahgal, Abhishek Manu Singhvi said that "cheap" political leaders are "attacking" the very soul of India by "decrying and denying" ...07 Oct, 2015, 03.25 PM IST
- Ashok Vajpeyi returns Sahitya Akademi award to protest the "assault on right to freedom of life and expression"Voicing displeasure over the Dadri lynching incident and and a string of killings of rationalists, he also questioned Prime Minister Narend...07 Oct, 2015, 02.02 PM IST
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