Malayalam novel Meesha that sexualised temple-going women conferred Kerala Sahitya Akademi award
A conversation in the novel portrayed that women who visited temples to show that they were available for sex.
16 February, 2021
Sahitya Akademi Award
Did Munnawar Rana steal the lines of his famous poem ‘Maa’ from a couplet by poet Alok Srivastava? All you need to know
Recently, Munawwar Rana's controversial tweet alluding Hindus as animals had kicked up a storm in the social media.
15 May, 2020
Poet Munawwar Rana displays Hinduphobia, says there are 100 crore ‘animals’ and 35 crore ‘humans’ in India
Addressing BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra, Munawwar Rana was criticising government of India's measures to combat coronavirus.
14 May, 2020
In Winter 2019 ‘Award Wapsi’ season, Shashi Tharoor to accept Sahitya Akademi Award since it is not union govt nominated
Thiruvananthapuram MP and Congress leader Shashi Tharoor won Sahitya Akademi Award for his book An Era of Darkness.
19 December, 2019
“Tolerant” people force Literature Festival organizer to quit as they didn’t like his views
Writers calling themselves as “liberals” and “tolerant” force Vikram Sampath, Founder Director of Bangalore Literature Festival, to quit.
28 November, 2015
Ashok Chakradhar hits out at award returnees, asks them to see through TRP game and politics
Chakradhar has questioned the wisdom of those who are taking this route to protest against the claimed issues of tolerance and free speech.
21 October, 2015
With Sahitya Akademi award controversy, Nayantara Sahgal exposes another case of selective outrage
Nayantara Sahgal was fine with the "Idea of India" when Sikhs were butchered, and when Kashmiri Pandits were thrown out?
7 October, 2015