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24 Dec 2020

Operation 'Award Wapsi', and the Truth; check all details

Out of 39 writers, who announced to return their awards, 26 did not return their souvenirs, only 13 returned their mementos The four authors neither returned their memento nor their prize money, but returned merely their award Only 13 authors returned both money and souvenirs, while 35 out of 39 scholars have made an offer to return the prize money through cheques to the Sahitya Akademi

Manohar Parrikar

31 Jul 2016

Manohar Parrikar's veiled attack on Aamir Khan - 'How come people get guts to speak against the nation?'

Raking up the Aamir Khan's remark about leaving the country, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Saturday took a jibe at the Bollywood superstar and described the remark as "arrogant".

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

06 Mar 2016

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar says tolerance is in India's DNA, those returning 'Awards' maligning country's image

Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Sunday denounced writers, scientists and filmmakers for returning their awards over 'intolerance' issue in the country, saying 'tolerance is in India's DNA'.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

06 Mar 2016

Zee Media Exclusive: JNU-Afzal Guru row insult to India's judiciary, says Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

A Padma Vibushan awardee, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar spoke to Zee Media on a range of subjects, from freedom of speech, JNU-Afzal Guru row, 'Award Wapsi' and many more.

26 Dec 2015

Award-wapsi season suddenly halted after Bihar elections: Anupam Kher

Taking a dig at those who cried hoarse over 'intolerance' by returning their awards, actor Anupam Kher on Saturday said that it was aimed at Bihar elections and questioned the sudden halt of such a campaign. "Somehow I raise my voice about award wapsi. This was for the first time this has happened. I thought it was done in a much planned manner and after the Bihar elections, the season of award wapsi suddenly stopped," he told reporters on the sidelines of a function here.

27 Nov 2015

'Jai Gangaajal' is my way of protesting, says Prakash Jha

Prakash Jha’s next - ‘Jai Gangaajal’ - is his way of raising his voice against the situation in the country.

16 Nov 2015

Filmmaker Shyam Benegal slams 'award wapsi'

Veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal has expressed his views on the 'intolerance issue' and the 'award wapsi' trend that seems to have become nothing short of an 'epidemic' now.

07 Nov 2015

'Award wapsi' a matter of personal choice: Soha Ali Khan

Actress Soha Ali Khan says returning of awards is a personal choice

07 Nov 2015

March by govt 'representatives' won't solve intolerance: Alvi

Slamming Bollywood veteran actor Anupam Kher's anti 'Award Wapsi' march, the Congress on Saturday trained their guns at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he was putting his representatives out there instead of dealing with the situation himself.

06 Nov 2015

Anupam Kher reaches out to Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Anupam Kher has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be the audience of his 'March for India'

05 Nov 2015

Kundan Shah, Saeed Mirza, Arundhati Roy, 22 others return National Awards

24 filmmakers including Kundan Shah of 'Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro' fame and Saeed Mirza have returned their National Award

Tarun Bharatiya

05 Nov 2015

Protesting 'dark times', filmmaker Bharatiya returns National Award

Political filmmaker Tarun Bharatiya returned his National Award for Best Editing Non Fiction for 'In Camera - Diaries of a documentary cameraman'

05 Nov 2015

Writer Arundhati Roy returns her National Award

Arundhati Roy returns her National Award, calls it a "political movement"

05 Nov 2015

Intolerance row: Salim Khan defends Modi, supports 'award wapsi'

Salim Khan defends Narendra Modi, however, says 'award wapsi' is right thing to do

05 Nov 2015

Yogi Adityanath is BJP's Digvijaya Singh: Anupam Kher on remarks against SRK

Anupam Kher has said that SRK is a true Indian who loves his country.

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