New Delhi: Nearly 100 writers took out a peaceful march here today to protest against increasing intolerance in the country. Writers from across the country gathered at Shri Ram Centre near Mandi House and marched towards Sahitya Akademi in the capital, wearing black ribbons on their heads as a sign of protest.
The writers said that the protest was to express their anger against the government for letting anti-social incidents happen and also to attract attention of the academy towards the increasing attacks on litterateurs.
The protest was organised just before Sahitya Akademi’s emergency meeting to discuss various issues. “Freedom of expression and speech is currently being suppressed in the country. Whatever is happening in the country now a days, people belonging to minorities and schedule caste feel insecure,” a writer said in the protest.
