Two Assamese writers to return Sahitya Akademi awards

October 13, 2015 21:06

Joining the growing band of protesting writers, noted Assamese authors Nirupama Borgohain and Homen Borgohain today announced that they were going to return their Sahitya Akademi awards to express disapproval of the "growing intolerance" and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's

"silence" in this connection.

"Religious intolerance has reached extreme level. But the leader of the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not assured us to stop it and he is remaining silent. It is as if he is encouraging fascism to grow," Nirupama Borgohain told PTI here.

She said that as Modi was not doing anything to curb the "religious fanaticism", so she is returning her Akademi award to lodge her "symbolic protest" against the current state of affairs in the country.

Nirupama Borgohain won the prestigious award in 1996 for her novel 'Abhijatri'.

Another eminent writer Homen Borgohain also announced return of his award.

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