Writer Arundhati Roy returns her National Award

The Booker Prize winner has returned her National Award for Best Screenplay to join the string of artists who are a part of 'Award Wapsi'.

The writer won the National Award for the 1989 film 'In Which Annie Gives it Those Ones.'

According to a report by Indian Express, Roy asserted that 'intolerance' is the wrong word that is being used here. She adds that these horrific murders are “only a symptom of a deeper malaise.”

Roy called the 'award wapsi' a “political movement” initiated by the writers, filmmakers and academicians who have chosen to protest against the “ideological viciousness” and “assault on collective IQ.”