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Kumar Gaurav यह कदम स्वागत योग्य है.सभी सम्मानित साहित्यकारों, कलाकारों से निवेदन है कि एकजुट हो.

এখনো রবীন্দ্রনাথের ,নজরুলের,সুকান্তের ,নেতাজির বাংলায় ফ্যাসীবাদের বিরুদ্ধে সোচ্চার প্রতিবাদ নেই! লজ্জায় মুখ ঢেকে যায় পার্টীবদ্ধ সংস্কৃতির গৌরবে!

Indian Express Reports: Punjab to Assam: Writer returns her Padma Shri, another his Akademi "To kill those who stand for truth and justice put us to shame in the eyes of the world and God. In protest, therefore, I return the Padma Shri award", said Tiwana.

सर कलम कर दो लब आजाद रहेंगे! हिटलर के राजकाज में भी संस्कृतिकर्मी प्रतिरोध के मोर्चे पर लामबंद थे

सर कलम कर दो लब आजाद रहेंगे! हिटलर के राजकाज में भी संस्कृतिकर्मी प्रतिरोध के मोर्चे पर लामबंद थे

Sahitya Akademi protest: Complete list of writers who returned their awards


Kumar Gaurav


यह कदम स्वागत योग्य है.सभी सम्मानित साहित्यकारों, कलाकारों से निवेदन है कि एकजुट हो.

मंगलेश डबराल, राजेश जोशी, कृष्‍णा सोबती, उदय प्रकाश, शशि देशपांडे, नयनतारा सहगल, अशोक वाजपेयी, गणेश देवी, अरविंद मलगत्ती, अमन सेठी, गुरबचन भुल्लर, अजमेर सिंह औलख, आत्मजीत सिंह, वरयाम संधू एवं अन्य वरिष्ठ साहित्यकारों ने देश में खुले आम चल रही सांप्रदायिक राजनीति, अभिव्यक्ति की स्वतंत्रता के हनन, साहित्यकारों की हत्या और उनपर हो रहे हमलों के बावजूद साहित्य अकादेमी की चुप्पी के विरोध में और मोदी सरकार की इस स्थिति को रोकने के मामले में अकर्मण्यता के खिलाफ, 'साहित्य अकादेमी', संगीत नाटक अकादमी पुरस्कार वापस कर दिये हैं और यह लगातार जारी है.

इसी कड़ी में संगीत नाटक अकादमी एवं अन्य संस्थाओं से जुड़े वरिष्ठ एवं युवा साहित्यकारों तथा कलाकारों से निवेदन है कि वह भी अपना विरोध दर्ज करे. जो लोग इसके पीछे षड्यंत्र या अन्य कारण तलाश रहे हैं ऐसे व्यक्ति ही विरोध की जमीन को खोखला करते हैं. उनसे विनम्र निवेदन है कि आज हम सबको मिलकर विरोध करने की आवश्यकता है कृपया साथ दें.



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Several elite writers and poets have also resigned their posts in the 20-member General Council of the country's top literary body, saying that they were shocked at the level of intolerance on freedom of speech and expression.
Hindi writer Uday Prakash was the first to return the prestigious award. Writer Nayantara Sahgal and poet Ashok Vajpeyi followed Prakash in protesting the murders of rationalists like MM Kalburgi, Govind Pansare and Narendra Dabholkar. They also came out against the shocking Dadri incident, in which a mob lynched a Muslim man in Greater Noida over rumours of eating and storing beef.
At least 16 litterateurs have returned the prestigious Akademi award, while four have resigned elite posts of the organisation.
Here is the list of litterateurs who returned their Sahitya Akademi Awards*
NoLitterateurLanguage
1Uday PrakashHindi writer
2Nayantara SahgalIndian English writer
3Ashok VajpeyiHindi poet
4Sarah JosephMalayalam novelist
5Ghulam Nabi KhayalKashmiri writer
6Rahman AbbasUrdu novelist
7Waryam SandhuPunjabi writer
8Gurbachan Singh BhullarPunjabi writer
9Ajmer Singh AulakhPunjabi writer
10Atamjit SinghPunjabi writer
11GN Ranganatha RaoKannada translator
12Mangalesh DabralHindi writer
13Rajesh JoshiHindi writer
14Ganesh DevyGujarati writer
15Srinath DNKannada translator
16Kumbar VeerabhadrappaKannada novelist
17Rahmat TarikereKannada writer
18Baldev Singh SadaknamaPunjabi novelist
19JaswinderPunjabi poet
20Darshan BattarPunjabi poet
21Surjit PatarPunjabi poet
22Chaman LalPunjabi translator
23Homen BorgohainAssamese journalist
*The list does not include six Kannada writers who returned the State literary award on 3 October. Theatre artist Maya Krishna Rao has also returned her Sangeet Natak Akademi award on 12 October, while Shiromani Lekhak award winner Megh Raj Mitter has also announced to return his award.
List of litterateurs who resigned from Sahitya Akademi posts
NoLitterateurLanguage
1Shashi DeshpandeKannada author
2K SatchidanandanMalayalam poet
3PK ParakkadvuMalayalam writer
4Aravind MalagattiKannada poet
Article Published: October 13, 2015 07:00 IST

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अछूत रवींद्रनाथ का दलित विमर्श
Out caste Tagore Poetry is all about Universal Brotherhood which makes India the greatest ever Ocean which merges so many streams of Humanity!
आप हमारा गला भले काट दो,सर कलम कर दो लब आजाद रहेंगे! क्योंकि हिटलर के राजकाज में भी जर्मनी के संस्कृतिकर्मी भी प्रतिरोध के मोर्चे पर लामबंद सर कटवाने को तैयार थे।जो भी सर कटवाने को हमारे कारवां में शामिल होने को तैयार हैं,अपने मोर्चे पर उनका स्वागत है।स्वागत है।
प्रोफेसर चमनलाल ने भी लौटाया साहित्य अकादमी से मिला अनुवाद पुरस्कार #SahityaAkademiAward

प्रोफेसर चमनलाल ने भी लौटाया साहित्य अकादमी से मिला अनुवाद पुरस्कार #SahityaAkademiAward

असम के प्रख्यात साहित्यकार बोर्गोहैन भी लौटाएंगे साहित्य अकादेमी पुरस्कार #SahityaAkademiAward

असम के प्रख्यात साहित्यकार बोर्गोहैन भी लौटाएंगे साहित्य अकादेमी पुरस्कार #SahityaAkademiAward


Why do I quote Nabarun Bhattacharya so often?
এই মৃত্যু উপত্যকা আমার দেশ নয়!
এই মৃত্যু উপত্যকা আমার দেশ নয়!Nabarun Da declared it in seventies!

Bengal has no courage to raise voice against the fascist racist HIT LIST or the governance of Fascism,I am afraid to speak out.Rest of India follows Nabarunda in creativity as creativity is all about the acts activated to sustain humanity and nature.Reactionaries have taken over the world and Bengal remains the colony!

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Business Standard - ‎Oct 12, 2015‎
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Firstpost - ‎Oct 12, 2015‎
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The Wire - ‎Oct 11, 2015‎
Eminent writers Gurbachan Bhullar, Ajmer Singh Aulakh and Atamjit Singh from Punjab and GN Devy from Gujarat today announced that they were returning their Sahitya Akademi awards like several other authors including Nayantara Sehgal, Sarah Joseph,

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