Sahitya Akademi Awards

Dadri to Sahitya Akademi row: PM Modi should take high ground on free speech, tolerance

While Modi has spoken out briefly on Dadri and other acts of intolerance by fringe groups, he needs to take a higher moral ground to become truly credible. He must take the fight into his opponents' camp, but it needs bold action too.

Railing against Chetan Bhagat betrays political bias of Sahitya Akademi award returners

It is good that writers are speaking out against intolerance by returning their Sahitya Akademi awards, but many of their reasons and observations betray their biases as well

Three more writers to return Sahitya Akademi awards, Aravind Malagatti resigns from council

Three eminent writers from Punjab on Sunday announced that they were returning their Sahitya Akademi awards, while Kannada writer Aravind Malagatti resigned from the body's general council, joining the growing protest by litterateurs over "rising intolerance" and "communal" atmosphere.