Theatre director S Raghunandana turns down Sangeet Natak Akademi award citing ‘growing intolerance’

Theatre director S Raghunandana turns down Sangeet Natak Akademi award citing ‘growing intolerance’


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Eminent theatre director from Karnataka S Raghunandana on Wednesday declined the Sangeet Natak Akademi award for 2018, a day after it was announced, in protest against incidents of “mob lynching in the name of God and religion” and the frequent attempts to stifle dissenting views of public intellectuals and activists.
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