On 6 October 2015 , Sahgal returned her Sahitya Akademi Award to protest what she called " increasing intolerance and supporting right to dissent in the country " , following the murders of rationalists Govind Pansare , Narendra Dabholkar and M. M. Kalburgi , and the Dadri mob lynching incident ; for this she was praised in 2017 by Karima Bennoune , United Nations monitor for cultural rights
Dadri mob lynching
2015 Dadri mob lynching
Nayantara Sahgal