Don’t interfere, constitute Council to decide Lit Award issue: Writers
21 Oct 2017 06:55 PM
They have also strongly opposed the government decision to scrap all the 32 awards because of the controversy over one or two categories.
These demands came forth during the debate Rannmalem held on Goa365.
The panel included former vice chairman of Konkani Academy Dr Tanaji Halarnkar, Konkani Bhasha Mandal President Chetan Acharya and poet Sanjiv Verenekar, who had opposed giving literary award to Vishnu Wagh’s controversial poetry collection Sudirsukt.
All 3 panellists had a heated debate on other issues, but agreed upon these two issues: scrapping all the awards and constituting new council.
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