Writers return Sahitya Akademi award - Writer, critic, editor and Hin- Navbharat Times Photodhamal

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Writer, critic, editor and Hindi poet, Mangalesh Dabral has returned his Sahitya Akademi award. Dabral joins the growing list of writers who have returned their awards to the Akademi since Hindi writer Uday Prakash first did so last month over the killing of MM Kalburgi.

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Mangalesh, who is recovering from the effects of a mild heart attack he suffered in late August, has been quite disturbed by the increasing instances of violence against minorities and depressed sections of society. Dabral's fellow Hindi poet Rajesh Joshi too has returned his Sahitya Akademi award.

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Gujarat's renowned tribal activist Ganesh Devy on Sunday joined the brigade of other eminent writers in the country who have returned their Sahitya Akademi Award.

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Noted Kashmiri writer and poet Ghulam Nabi Khayal has joined the bandwagon of authors returning their Sahitya Akademi awards, saying the minorities in the country today feel "unsafe and threatened". (Pic: Facebook)

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Sarah Joseph returns Sahitya Akademi award

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Malayalam author and activist Sarah Joseph on Saturday returned the prestigious Kendra Sahitya Akademi award over rising 'communal violence' cases in the country. "The country is now passing through very tough times. I feel it's worse than the black days of the Emergency," said Joseph while announcing her decision to return the award she won in 2003.

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