After uproar, Raj Thackeray says MNS has no objection to Nayantara Sahgal attending Marathi Sahitya Sammelan
Thackeray admitted that one of his local party workers had opposed Sahgal's presence at the literary meet and regretted the annoyance caused to the supporters of such literary events.
Jan 07, 2019, 14:00 PM IST
Kanhaiya Kumar has electrified India with his passionate speech, says writer Nayantara Sahgal
Writer Nayantara Sahgal has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met his match in JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar.
Mar 08, 2016, 18:40 PM IST
Narendra Modi has met his match in JNU leader Kanhaiya Kumar: Nayantara Sahgal
Jawaharlal Nehru University student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, who was charged with sedition, has been released from prison.
Mar 08, 2016, 12:25 PM IST
My protest against intolerance continues: Nayantara Sahgal
Noted writer Nayantara Sahgal , who has refused to accept her literary award back, on Sunday wrote to the Sahitya Akademi saying her protest against intolerance continues.
Jan 24, 2016, 15:23 PM IST
Modi govt's culture minister may one day drape sarees around naked statues at Khajuraho: Nayantara Sahgal
Author Nayantara Sahgal on Saturday criticised the Narendra Modi government for not being open-minded.
Some writers have agreed to take back awards: Sahitya Akademi
About 40 writers had returned their awards in the past few months to the Sahitya Akademi.
Jan 23, 2016, 00:28 AM IST
Months after returning her Sahitya Akademi award, Nayantara Sahgal agrees to take it back
As a protest over the 'growing' intolerance in the country, Sahgal, has returned Sahitya Akademi award following the Dadri incident in October last year.
Jan 22, 2016, 12:09 PM IST
Jaipur-based writer returns Sahitya Akademi award
Well-known Jaipur-based Rajasthani and Hindi writer Anand Bhardwaj has returned his Sahitya Akademi award in protest against "rising religious intolerance and attack on freedom of expression".
Oct 15, 2015, 11:45 AM 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
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
Standing up for dissent, Nayantara Sahgal to return Sahitya Akademi award
Author Nayantara Sahgal has decided to return the prestigious Sahitya Akademi award in solidarity with all Indians who uphold the right to dissent, saying the country is facing the greatest threat ever to the right of free speech.
Oct 07, 2015, 02:26 AM IST
