Rana said the comments were misconstrued and it was made in the context of India.
Kashinath Singh and Katyayani Vidmahe announced their decision to return their awards.
'This poem was written against a fundamentalist called Zia-ul-Haq, a dictator. It is interesting that fundamentalists, all kinds of, don't like this poem'
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