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In 2015, Ashok Vajpayee was the first litterateur who announced to return his Sahitya Akademi award.
Dec 25, 2020, 00:22 AM IST
Manohar Parrikar's veiled attack on Aamir Khan - 'How come people get guts to speak against the nation?'
Raking up the Aamir Khan's remark about leaving the country, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Saturday took a jibe at the Bollywood superstar and described the remark as "arrogant".
Jul 31, 2016, 13:41 PM IST
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar says tolerance is in India's DNA, those returning 'Awards' maligning country's image
Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Sunday denounced writers, scientists and filmmakers for returning their awards over 'intolerance' issue in the country, saying 'tolerance is in India's DNA'.
Mar 07, 2016, 00:13 AM IST
Zee Media Exclusive: JNU-Afzal Guru row insult to India's judiciary, says Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
A Padma Vibushan awardee, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar spoke to Zee Media on a range of subjects, from freedom of speech, JNU-Afzal Guru row, 'Award Wapsi' and many more.
Mar 06, 2016, 23:25 PM IST
Award-wapsi season suddenly halted after Bihar elections: Anupam Kher
Taking a dig at those who cried hoarse over 'intolerance' by returning their awards, actor Anupam Kher on Saturday said that it was aimed at Bihar elections and questioned the sudden halt of such a campaign. "Somehow I raise my voice about award wapsi. This was for the first time this has happened. I thought it was done in a much planned manner and after the Bihar elections, the season of award wapsi suddenly stopped," he told reporters on the sidelines of a function here.
Dec 26, 2015, 19:27 PM IST
'Jai Gangaajal' is my way of protesting, says Prakash Jha
Prakash Jha’s next - ‘Jai Gangaajal’ - is his way of raising his voice against the situation in the country.
Nov 27, 2015, 16:14 PM IST
Filmmaker Shyam Benegal slams 'award wapsi'
Veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal has expressed his views on the 'intolerance issue' and the 'award wapsi' trend that seems to have become nothing short of an 'epidemic' now.
Nov 16, 2015, 16:10 PM IST
'Award wapsi' a matter of personal choice: Soha Ali Khan
Actress Soha Ali Khan says returning of awards is a personal choice
Nov 07, 2015, 14:25 PM IST
March by govt 'representatives' won't solve intolerance: Alvi
Slamming Bollywood veteran actor Anupam Kher's anti 'Award Wapsi' march, the Congress on Saturday trained their guns at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he was putting his representatives out there instead of dealing with the situation himself.
Nov 07, 2015, 09:27 AM IST
Anupam Kher reaches out to Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Anupam Kher has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be the audience of his 'March for India'
Nov 06, 2015, 19:08 PM IST
Kundan Shah, Saeed Mirza, Arundhati Roy, 22 others return National Awards
24 filmmakers including Kundan Shah of 'Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro' fame and Saeed Mirza have returned their National Award
Nov 05, 2015, 19:40 PM IST
Protesting 'dark times', filmmaker Bharatiya returns National Award
Political filmmaker Tarun Bharatiya returned his National Award for Best Editing Non Fiction for 'In Camera - Diaries of a documentary cameraman'
Nov 05, 2015, 18:45 PM IST
Writer Arundhati Roy returns her National Award
Arundhati Roy returns her National Award, calls it a "political movement"
Nov 05, 2015, 14:01 PM IST
Intolerance row: Salim Khan defends Modi, supports 'award wapsi'
Salim Khan defends Narendra Modi, however, says 'award wapsi' is right thing to do
Nov 05, 2015, 13:29 PM IST
Yogi Adityanath is BJP's Digvijaya Singh: Anupam Kher on remarks against SRK
Anupam Kher has said that SRK is a true Indian who loves his country.
Nov 05, 2015, 07:56 AM IST
