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Jerry Pinto receives Sahitya Akademi Award; urges writers to protect truth in acceptance speech
Fp Staff •Mumbai-based novelist Jerry Pinto, who was one of the 24 recipients of the 2016 Sahitya Akademi Award, argued the role of authors in the wake of rising debate between nationalism and freedom of speech in India
'Literary festivals are anti-reading': Why lit fests are for performers not writers
Fp Archives •The Times of India group, whose lit fest in Mumbai and Delhi have just concluded, no longer devote any space to books on a regular basis
Why masala film Dedh Ishqiya is one of the year's most important releases
Deepanjana •The real twist in Dedh Ishqiya is that Naseeruddin Shah and Arshad Warsi may be the protagonists, but the real stars and criminals in the film are Madhuri Dixit and Huma Qureshi