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‘I cannot live with the idea of Modi and me in the same frame’, senior journalist Akshaya Mukul refuses to receive Ramnath Goenka award from Modi MEDIA November 2, 2016, 10:09 pm Veteran journalist Akshaya Mukul has refused to accept the prestigious Ramnath Goenka Award for journalism from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday. “I cannot live with the idea of Modi and me in the same frame, smiling at the camera even as he hands over the award to me,” Caravan Magazine quoted Mukul as saying. Mukul, Senior Assistant Editor with the Times of India, has boycotted the award ceremony organised in New Delhi. Instead, Krishan Chopra, the publisher and chief editor at HarperCollins India, the publishers of his book, Gita Press and the Making of Hindu India, received the award on his behalf, the Caravan Magazine reported. Mukul was conferred with the Ramnath Goenka Award for his book Gita Press and the Making of Hindu India. The book received critical acclaim from various corners such as the Tata Literature Live! Book of the Year Award, and the Atta Galatta-Bangalore Literature Festival Book Prize for best non-fiction work in English. His book sheds light on the ideological moorings of Hindutva as well as the lynchpin of the Narendra Modi’s politics. According to reports, the management’s decision to invite the Prime Minister has irked some of top editors of The Indian Express as well. The Express Group instituted the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards. The Awards aim to celebrate excellence in journalism, recognize courage and commitment and showcase outstanding contributions and individuals every year. The media under Modi regime has been under attack across the country. Over the past two years, criticism or even questions regarding the government’s claims have been dangerously branded as a ‘anti-national’. This is symptomatic of a culture that has thrived and grown during Modi’s tenure as the prime minister: intolerance against any form of dissent. Meanwhile, the ‘guest of honour’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave away awards to 28 categories for exceptional work in print, broadcast and online journalism in English, Hindi and regional languages. -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
