Posted 4/1/2024, 4:20:00 PM
Malayalam author quits Sahitya Akademi council over Minister's literary festival inauguration
- Malayalam author C. Radhakrishnan resigned from Sahitya Akademi's general council, citing political interference
- He protested Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal inaugurating Sahitya Akademi's literary festival without literary credentials
- Sahitya Akademi said Meghwal is himself a writer well-versed in Rajasthani and Hindi
- Radhakrishnan was unmoved, questioning if Meghwal is known in literary circles or given recognition
- Radhakrishnan said government functionaries may have attended past events in a scholarly capacity, but Meghwal is the head of the department governing the Akademi