Novelist joins Bollywood figures and others in handing back awards, with many criticising Modi government for not condemning violence
The novelist Arundhati Roy and two dozen Bollywood figures have added their voices to the artists, scientists and historians by returning their awards in protest against a climate of religious intolerance and violence in India.
Film-maker Sanjay Kak, who was among film industry figures returning National Film awards in Mumbai on Thursday, said those protesting “have deployed their visibility – and credibility – to articulate the growing anxiety of a vast number of Indians, those who may remain less visible but are no less perturbed at what is going on around them”.
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