Nayantara Sehgal
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I resent what Hindutva is doing to Hinduism: Nayantara Sahgal
India | Apr 25, 2016, 02:05 PM ISTHindutva is a brand of fundamentalism and the Hindu right wing is distorting what Hinduism stands for, says renowned author Nayantara Sahgal who was among one of the first writers to return her Sahitya Akademi award to protest against intolerance in
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Waiting for govt to cover naked statues at Khajuraho: Nayantara Sahgal
India | Jan 23, 2016, 11:38 PM ISTKolkata: Eminent writer Nayantara Sahgal today took a dig at the government and Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma saying she was awaiting the day when Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma would wrap up the naked statues at
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Rahul Gandhi showing 'signs of great change': Nayantara Sahgal
National | Nov 06, 2015, 10:53 AM ISTChandigarh: Noted writer and niece of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Nayantara Sahgal is impressed with the way Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has decided to play a "bigger role" and feels he is showing
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'Alarming Times for Free Expression in India': Salman Rushdie Backs Authors
India | Oct 13, 2015, 11:28 AM ISTNew Delhi/Chandigarh: Booker Prize winning author Salman Rushdie on Monday joined the growing chorus of protests by writers and poets against spread of "communal poison" and "rising intolerance" in the country even as 12 more
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Nayantara Sahgal hits back at Sahitya Akademi chief
India | Oct 11, 2015, 08:46 PM ISTNew Delhi: Nayantara Sahgal, whose renunciation of the Sahitya Akademi Award triggered a wave of return of honours by eminent writers, today hit back at the Akademi chairperson Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari for his criticism of
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After Nayantara Sahgal, Ashok Vajpeyi returns Sahitya Akademi award
India | Oct 07, 2015, 03:57 PM ISTNew Delhi: After eminent writer Nayantara Sahgal, former Lalit Kala Akademi chairman Ashok Vajpeyi has returned the Sahitya Akademi Award to protest the “assault on right to freedom of both life and expression”.Voicing displeasure over
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Nehru's niece Nayantara Sahgal returns Sahitya Akademi Award
India | Oct 06, 2015, 11:36 PM ISTNew Delhi: Eminent author and niece of Jawaharlal Nehru, Nayantara Sehgal on Tuesday returned the Sahitya Akademi award in protest against increasing intolerance towards right to dissent in the country and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's