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‘Autonomy intact’“The selection is an indicator that the autonomy of the Sahitya Akademi is intact and that the administrative dispensation has not been able to usurp the institution,” he said. Inaugurating the programme, CPI State secretary Kanam Rajendran said the recognition would embolden other progressive writers who had been striving to resist fascist tendencies. Ramanunni, who won the Sahitya Akademi award for his novel Daivathinte Pusthakam (God’s Own Book), believes his was a “political victory.”At a function organised by the Progressive Writers Association (PWA) on Thursday to felicitate him, Mr.
Ramanunni said he was selected for the award, despite speaking out against intolerance, social evils, and divisive tendencies through his work. C.
Divakaran, MLA, released a book ‘Purogamana Sahithyavum Keraleeya Samoohavum’, edited by PWA general secretary Vallikavu Mohandas. “It was my obligation as a true Hindu to seek forgiveness for an inhumane act committed in the name of the religion,” he said..