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
Nehru's niece Nayantara Sehgal returns Sahitya award, protests rising intolerance
Eminent author and niece of Jawaharlal Nehru, Nayantara Sehgal on Tuesday returned the Sahitya Akademi award in protest against increasing intolerance towards right to dissent in the country and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "silence" on the "reign of terror".
Oct 06, 2015, 18:12 PM IST
