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Sahitya Akademi Award News
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Samaresh Majumdar is best known for 'Uttoradhikar', 'Kaalpurush', 'Satkahan', and 'Adventures of Detective Arjun'.
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Out of 39 writers, who announced to return their awards, 26 did not return their souvenirs, only 13 returned their mementos
The four authors neither returned their memento nor their prize money, but returned merely their award
Only 13 authors returned both money and souvenirs, while 35 out of 39 scholars have made an offer to return the prize money through cheques to the Sahitya Akademi
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He won the Sahitya Akademi award in 1974 for his poem 'Ulanga Raja' (naked king) which mocked the social set up.
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The writer is presently posted as head of the regional news unit at Radio Kashmir Srinagar.
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The Sahitya Akademi on Thursday announced its annual awards in 24 languages.
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An Indian linguist and anthropologist who is globally revered for his work on dying languages, Ganesh Devy has researched and documented 780 living Indian languages.
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Director Mudassar Aziz, who is awaiting the release of "Happy Bhaag Jayegi", hopes to direct a biopic on late legendary poet Shiv Kumar Batalvi.
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Author Nayantara Sahgal on Saturday criticised the Narendra Modi government for not being open-minded.
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.
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As a protest over the 'growing' intolerance in the country, Sahgal, has returned Sahitya Akademi award following the Dadri incident in October last year.
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Vajpeyi's announcement comes two days after, Vemula, a Ph.D student, committed suicide on Sunday alleging harassment by the university authorities.
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Noted writer and children's most lovable author Ruskin Bond recently shared his views on intolerance row, stating such incidents were always there, but today media has become so powerful that it is highlighting them.
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Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das hit out at Sahitya Akademi award winners who returned their laurels.
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Noted Kashmir writer and poet Margoob Banhali on Monday joined the growing list of litterateurs to return the Sahitya Akademi Award.
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