Prominent Kashmiri writer and poet Ghulam Nabi Khayal today joined a growing club of writers and poets across India who are returning their awards to protest the “rising intolerance” in the country. Khayal, a 1975 Sahitya Akademi award winner for his Kashmiri book “Gashik Minaar” (Luminaries), has decided to return the award, including the cash prize, to protest the “growing intolerance and communal atmosphere, including the Dadri lynching incident, and the increasing attacks against minorities” in the country. “This is to protest what is happening across India. This is to…
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