Award Wapsi
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To prevent award wapsi protest, Parliament panel suggests making recipients sign undertaking
In 2015, 39 artists had returned their awards to the Sahitya Akademi to protest the murder of rationalist MM Kalburgi and the targeting of minorities.
Scroll Staff
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Theatre director S Raghunandana turns down Sangeet Natak Akademi award citing ‘growing intolerance’
He expressed concern at increasing incidents of ‘mob lynching in the name of God and religion’ and the frequent attempts to throttle dissenting views.
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Nonsense Club stages protest demanding awards – so that they can return them
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