The Hypocrisy of Goa’s Protesting Awardees
By JASON KEITH FERNANDES, DALE LUIS MENEZES,
AMITA KANEKAR, VISHVESH KANDOLKAR, and KAUSTUBH NAIK
In the context of a number of Sahitya Akademi awardees across India returning their respective awards in protest against the growing intolerance in India, in Goa around fourteen Sahitya Akademi awardees together with Padmashri awardees Maria Aurora Couto and Amitav Ghosh came together and issued a joint statement on 15 October, 2015. One would be struck by the hypocrisy contained in their press note released were it not for the fact that their politics of intolerance is so blatantly displayed all over the same note.