Sahgal is one of the writers who returned Sahitya Akademi award in the wake of Dadri lynching
Nayantara Sehgal, niece of India's first PM Jawaharlal Nehru
Mumbai: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s comments on writers, historians, scientists and filmmakers returning awards show that the Narendra Modi government is rattled by the public outcry, noted writer Nayantara Sahgal said on Thursday.
Sahgal, among the writers to give back her Sahitya Akademi award in the wake of the Dadri lynching episode triggering strong reaction from the cultural sphere across India, said Jaitley’s response showed that the Centre was nervous about huge public response against the incidents of intolerance.
“The government is very rattled and nervous about this huge public response and is acting in the way it is and not in an intelligent way,” she told reporters at a Litfest.
( Source : Deccan Chronicle with gency inputs )
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