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.

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· Jul 26, 2023 · 01:02 pm

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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· Jul 18, 2019 · 09:12 am

Nonsense Club stages protest demanding awards – so that they can return them

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· Nov 06, 2015 · 11:36 am

Why Kundan Shah and 23 other filmmakers are now returning their National Awards

FTII students may have withdrawn their strike, but the list of filmmakers taking over the protest is growing longer.

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· Nov 05, 2015 · 05:50 pm