Fighting silence with dignified dissent

October 12, 2015 12:03

In returning their awards, Nayantara Sahgal and Ashok Vajpeyi have reminded Modi of two duties he has neglected -- that of upholding a citizen's right to life and of protecting an artist's right to creativity. Their angst is also directed at the silence of fellow writers and literary institutions. A writer not only seeks to reform a particular injustice in society. She is a tuning fork, a warning signal about the spirit of a civilisation, a trustee of the times.

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