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Perumal Murugan

20 Apr 2017

Perumal Murugan's controversial novel wins Sahitya Akademi award

Titled ‘One Part Woman’, the translation in English is done by Aniruddhan Vasudevan and the book is published by Penguin.

Taslima Nasreen

07 Feb 2016

It is termed pornography when a woman writes about her body: Taslima Nasreen

Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen is the latest to join the ongoing intolerance debate.

Sahitya Akademi

23 Dec 2015

'Award Wapsi' row: Delhi HC issues notice to Modi govt, Sahitya Akademi

Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the central government and Sahitya Akademi on a plea against the return of Sahitya Akademi awards by writers.

01 Nov 2015

Authors urge Sahitya Akademi to reinvent itself

At least 36 writers had one returned their state awards in protest against the Akademi's "muted response" to killings of writers and rationalists.

30 Oct 2015

Returning awards a conspiracy against PM Modi: Venkaiah Naidu

23 Oct 2015

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23 Oct 2015

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19 Oct 2015

Now, ‘buddhi shuddhi’ for those returning Sahitya Akademi awards

Several eminent writers have returned their prestigious Sahitya Akademi award to protest the growing atmosphere of intolerance in the country.

18 Oct 2015

RSS mouthpiece says Vedas ordered killing of cow killers; Digvijay tweets 'will Shah now summon Bhagwat?'

The RSS mouthpiece, Panchjanya, has justified the killing of Mohammad Iqlakh over rumours that he had eaten beef in his house.

15 Oct 2015

Bengal writers, intellectuals seek President's intervention

A group of more than 90 writers and intellectuals from West Bengal have written to President Pranab Mukherjee seeking his intervention in the Dadri incident.

Writers return award

13 Oct 2015

Why did writers not protest over violence against Kashmiri Pandits, Sikhs: BJP

BJP national secretary Tarun Chugh on Tuesday questioned the "motive" of writers returning their awards in protest.

Ideological inclinations

13 Oct 2015

Ideological inclinations of writers should be checked: BJP

Facing heat over a long list of writers who have returned Sahitya Akademi awards or resigned from their posts in the literary body, BJP on Tuesday denied that it was being soft on the issue of "intolerance" and said the ideological inclinations of the writers should be looked into.

Sahitya Akademi awards

12 Oct 2015

Salman Rushdie backs authors, 12 more return Sahitya Akademi awards

Booker Prize winning author Salman Rushdie on Monday joined the growing chorus of protests by writers and poets against spread of "communal poison" and "rising intolerance" in the country even as 12 more authors decided to return their Sahitya Akademi awards.

12 Oct 2015

Salman Rushdie supports writers who have returned Sahitya Akademi Awards

Salman Rushdie supports writers returning their Sahitya Akademi Awards, tweets about his views on the same.

Sahitya Akademi Award

11 Oct 2015

Writers step up protest, six more return Akademi award

Gujarat-based writer Ganesh Devy and five other eminent writers on Saturday decided to return their Sahitya Akademi awards.

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