Noted Malayalam writers return Sahitya Akademi award, quit membership
Q. Which eminent Malayalam literary figure(s) have announced protest against murder of well known rationalists and the Dadri lynching incident?- Published on 12 Oct 15a. Sarah Joseph
b. K Satchidanandan
c. P. K. Parakkadavu
d. All of the above
ANSWER: All of the above
Well known Malayalam writer Sarah Joseph has announced that she will be returning the Sahitya Akademi award to protest against rising intolerance and murder of rationalists as well as Dadri lynching incident. Malayalam poet K. Satchidanandan has taken the decision to quit all Akademi posts in protest of the murder of rationalist M. M. Kalburgi. Another short story writer P K Parakkadavu also said he will quit the Akademi membership. Joseph won the award for her novel
Aalahayude Penmakkal (Daughters of God the Father). Three writers have been murdered and K. S. Bhagwan is also facing threats from communal forces, Joseph said.Satchidanandan was serving in the General Council, Executive Board and Financial Committee of the Akademi. Earlier, eminent writer Nayantara Sehgal and ex Lalit Kala Akademi chairperson Ashok Vajpeyi also returned their awards to protest the growing intolerance in the nation. The first literary figure to return his award to protest the murder of Kalburgi was well known Hindi writer Uday Prakash.
