Intolerance levels remain high: Ashok Vajpeyi
Noted writer and poet Ashok Vajpeyi on Saturday refused to take back the Sahitya Akademi award that he had returned stating that "intolerance levels remain high" in the country.
Jan 23, 2016, 19:11 PM IST
#AwardWapsi returns: Writer Ashok Vajpeyi returns D Litt degree in protest against Rohith Vemula's suicide
Vajpeyi's announcement comes two days after, Vemula, a Ph.D student, committed suicide on Sunday alleging harassment by the university authorities.
Jan 19, 2016, 18:10 PM IST
RSS will destroy Hinduism: Poet Ashok Vajpeyi
The RSS may not harm Islam in India, but it will certainly destroy Hinduism, Hindi poet Ashok Vajpeyi said on Thursday.
Nov 26, 2015, 22:04 PM IST
Ashok Vajpeyi too returns Sahitya Akademi award
After Uday Prakash and Nayantara Sahgal, Ashok Vajpeyi too decides to return his Sahitya Akademi award
Oct 07, 2015, 20:11 PM IST
Don't politicise Sahitya Akademi: Chairperson
Following announcements by writer Nayantara Sehgal and poet Ashok Vajpeyi to return their Sahitya Akademi awards, the literary body's president said authors should "adopt a different way to protest" and not politicise the autonomous body.
Oct 07, 2015, 14:51 PM IST
After Sahgal, writer Vajpeyi returns Sahitya Akademi award
Former Lalit Kala Akademi chairman Ashok Vajpeyi has returned the Sahitya Akademi Award in protest against the Dadri lynching case.
Oct 07, 2015, 14:35 PM IST
