Sahitya Akademi refuses to accept awards returned by authors
INDIA TV, NEW DELHI | 18 December 2015 16:54 IST
Sahitya Akademi has decided not to accept the awards returned by 35 winners to protest against rising intolerance.
K Sreenivas Rao, secretary, Sahitya Akademi informed that the Akademi will not encash cheques returned by all the winners because there are no such provisions to take back the awards. CLICK TO READ MORE
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