, the award has been returned by many writers for various reasons . 38 recipients had announced their returning of the award in protest of the " rising intolerance in India " under the Modi government due to the incidences of murder of author M M Kalburgi and the Dadri lynching incident . Among others , Ajmer Aulakh , Aman Sethi , Ganesh Devy , Kum Veerabhadrappa and Shashi Deshpande have publicly announced their return of the award . To show their condemnation Deshpande , K Satchidanandan , PK Parakkadvu and Aravind Malagatti have also resigned their posts at the Sahitya Akademi institution
Dadri lynching incident
2015 Dadri mob lynching
Sahitya Akademi Award