NOW, POET ASHOK VAJPEYI RETURNS AWARD

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• 20 Jan 2016
• Hindustan Times (Mumbai)
• HTC

NEW DELHI: Poet Ashok Vajpeyi on Tuesday decided to return the D.Litt given to him by University of Hyderabad in protest against the “anti-Dalit” attitude of the authorities. “A Dalit student, Rohith Vemula, who wanted to be a writer, was driven to commit suicide due to antiDalit and intolerance of dissent shown. I have decided to return the award in protest against university authorities, (who were) presumably acting under political pressure,” Vajpeyi said..
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