New Delhi: Malayalam author and activist Sarah Joseph on Saturday returned the prestigious Kendra Sahitya Akademi award over rising ‘communal violence’ cases in the country.
This is the first time that an author from Kerala has reacted to the growing communal issues in the country.
On Friday, Karnataka-based author Shashi Deshpande resigned from the Sahitya Akademi’s general council to protest against its silence on the murder of Kannada writer MM Kalburgi.
Earlier, Hindi poet Ashok Vajpeyi and writer Nayantara Sahgal had announced their decisions to return the Sahitya Akademi awards, as a mark of protest.
