A day after renowned literary critic and activist Professor Ganesh Devy returned the Sahitya Akademi award, noted Gujarati poet Anil Joshi, who was awarded the Akademi award in 1990 for his collection of essays titled, Statue, on Monday, returned the award in protest against the attack on literary writers. He said '' I felt extremely honored about being conferred with the Sahitya Akademi award at the hands of Gangadhar Gadgil, but today, the atmosphere has become hateful. There is no breathing space and no freedom of expression for literary writers''. <br /> <br />Subscribe to Tv9 Gujarati https://www.youtube.com/tv9gujarati <br />Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/tv9gujarati <br />Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Tv9Gujarat <br />Follow us on Dailymotion at http://www.dailymotion.com/GujaratTV9 <br />Circle us on Google+ : https://plus.google.com/+tv9gujarat <br />Follow us on Pinterest at http://www.pinterest.com/tv9gujarati/pins/
