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The Indian leftwing writers protest against government silence on violence was a famous protest in India.Starting from the beginning of September 2015, some disgruntled writers and poets in India had started returning the Sahitya Akademi Award to protest the incidents of so-called communal violence in India. They believed that there was rising intolerance in the country under the present central government (NDA Alliance).Some well-known writers and poets had also resigned their posts in the General Council of the country's top literary body, saying that they were shocked at the level of intolerance on freedom of speech and expression. This incident is also referred to as Award Wapsi and the individuals returning the awards are widely referred as Award Wapsi Gang.

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  • The Indian leftwing writers protest against government silence on violence was a famous protest in India.Starting from the beginning of September 2015, some disgruntled writers and poets in India had started returning the Sahitya Akademi Award to protest the incidents of so-called communal violence in India. They believed that there was rising intolerance in the country under the present central government (NDA Alliance).Some well-known writers and poets had also resigned their posts in the General Council of the country's top literary body, saying that they were shocked at the level of intolerance on freedom of speech and expression. This incident is also referred to as Award Wapsi and the individuals returning the awards are widely referred as Award Wapsi Gang. (en)
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  • The Indian leftwing writers protest against government silence on violence was a famous protest in India.Starting from the beginning of September 2015, some disgruntled writers and poets in India had started returning the Sahitya Akademi Award to protest the incidents of so-called communal violence in India. They believed that there was rising intolerance in the country under the present central government (NDA Alliance).Some well-known writers and poets had also resigned their posts in the General Council of the country's top literary body, saying that they were shocked at the level of intolerance on freedom of speech and expression. This incident is also referred to as Award Wapsi and the individuals returning the awards are widely referred as Award Wapsi Gang. Writer Uday Prakash a passionate communist party member, who later lost interest in political ideology,was the first to return the award on September 4, 2015, protesting against the murder of MM Kalburgi. Writer Nayantara Sahgal and poet Ashok Vajpeyi followed Prakash in protesting the murders of activists like MM Kalburgi, Govind Pansare and Narendra Dabholkar. They also came out against the shocking Dadri incident, in which a mob lynched a Muslim man in Greater Noida over rumours of eating and storing beef. (en)
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