New Delhi: Renowned writer Ashok Vajpeyi on Tuesday decided to return his D. Litt honour conferred on him by Hyderabad University as a mark of protest against the University’s attitude towards a Dalit scholar’s suicide.
“Atmosphere of intolerance not only seems to be continuing, but rising. Incidents like Malda , replay of Muzaffarnagar, and now the University showing anti-Dalit attitude. So, I am returning the honour they bestowed on me,” Vajpeyi told a news agency.
“Under present circumstances, I don’t think I can associate with Hyderabad University,” he added.
Vajpeyi had earlier returned the Sahitya Akademi Award in protest against the murder of renowned writer M.M. Kalburgi.