The Centre's response came in the backdrop of the court's desire to see the records showing the number of awardees who have returned their ...

The court had in December last year issued notices to the Ministry of Tourism and Culture and Sahitya Akademi and sought their replies on t...

He said the Akademi is also sending a copy of their resolution, which was passed in the October meeting, to all writers mentioning that the...

Post the 'award-wapsi' campaign across the country during which a slew of writers returned their Sahitya Akademi awards to protest against ...

In a letter to President Pranab Mukherjee, Narlikar said the awards carry a rare dignity and should remain above the fracas.

Writers from different parts of the country are sending back their awards, but the Akademi office is merely receiving the parcels without o...

Writers from across the country gathered at Shri Ram Centre near Mandi House and marched towards Sahitya Akademi in the capital, wearing bl...

Her comments came after at least 34 writers handed over their Sahitya Akademi awards in the aftermath of the killing M M Kalburgi.

Anand Bhardwaj has returned his Sahitya Akademi award in protest against "rising religious intolerance and attack on freedom of expression".

Mandakranta Sen today returned Sahitya Akademi award. Sen is one of the youngest receiver of the award. She was conferred with the 'young w...

Kannada writer Prof Rahamat Tarikeri has returned his Sahitya Akademi award in protest against the killing of scholar M M Kalburgi.

The decision by Joshi comes a day after another writer here, Ganesh Devy, returned his Sahitya Akademi Award citing a similar reason.

"The Sahitya Akademi remains silent about the Kalburgi murder so many dangers our democracy is facing, the very fabric of democracy is unde...

Sharma felt this was not the right course to take, making the point that there were “other methods” to register a protest.

Delhi-based Aman Sethi said he too was returning the Sahitya Award he got in 1993, as the "spirit of inquiry is clearly under threat".

Shashi Deshpande resigned from the Sahitya Akademi General Council expressing "a sense of strong disappointment" over the literary body's s...

The literary body's president said authors should "adopt a different way to protest" and not politicise the autonomous body.