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Sahitya Akademi fellowships

Distinguished litterateurs Amrita Pritam and Prof U R Anantha Murthy have been elected fellows of the Sahitya Akademi, the highest honour conferred by the state-run body on a writer.Prof Anantha......

Sahitya Akademi awards announced

TheSahitya Akademi awards were announced on Thursday in Panaji, Goa.Poets Mangal Singh Hazorary (Bodo) and Jadumani Besra (Santhali)are among those who will be honoured by the Akademi this......

Arundhati Roy refuses Sahitya Akademi award

Celebrated writer Arundhati Roy on Saturday refused to accept the prestigious Sahitya Akademi award in protest against the Indian government toeing the United States' line by 'violently and......

Sahitya Akademi President: 'Why are writers returning awards?'

'If they oppose the government on different issues, what has the Sahitya Akademi got to do with it?' 'I say you cannot return the Sahitya Akademi Award on this issue. This is no way to protest.'......

Nehru's niece Nayantara Sahgal returns Sahitya Akademi Award

Image: Writer Nayantara Sahgal. Photograph: Photograph: Seema Pant/Rediff.com Acclaimed writer Nayantara Sahgal, the niece of India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, has returned the......

Gulzar receives Jnanpith Award

IMAGE: Gulzar with Bharatiya Jnanpith Trustee Mudit Jain. Photograph: Kind courtesy Mudit Jain Gulzar on Thursday, May 22, 2025, received the 58th Jnanpith Award, India's highest literary honour,......

Rajjo director: I was doubtful about Kangna's dancing skills

Vishwas Patil, who makes his directorial debut with the Kangna Ranaut starrer, Rajjo, on November 15, seems to be a rather unconventional Bollywood aspirant. Here's why... He is an IAS officer. He......

Mukesh's Fascination For Raag Darbari

Mukesh was most emotionally bonded to this tune, so all we will do is look at his songs engaging with this raag in films. In his fascinating book, Windows To The Soul: And Other Essays on Music,......

What's cooking between Dravid and the BJP?

IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party working president JP Nadda meets Rahul Dravid on Sunday. Photograph: ANI Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) working president JP Nadda met former cricketer Rahul Dravid at......

Vijender to return Khel Ratna if farms laws not withdrawn

IMAGE: Olympic medallist boxer Vijender Singh joined the farmers' agitation at the Haryana-Delhi border on Sunday. Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images Olympic medallist boxer Vijender Singh,......

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News for Sahitya Akademi

Sahitya Akademi fellowships

Sahitya Akademi awards announced

Arundhati Roy refuses Sahitya Akademi award

Sahitya Akademi President: 'Why are writers returning awards?'

Nehru's niece Nayantara Sahgal returns Sahitya Akademi Award

Gulzar receives Jnanpith Award

Rajjo director: I was doubtful about Kangna's dancing skills

Mukesh's Fascination For Raag Darbari

What's cooking between Dravid and the BJP?

Vijender to return Khel Ratna if farms laws not withdrawn

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