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LUCKNOW: ‘Ret Samadhi’ (Tomb of Sand), which gained its creator Geetanjali Shree the celebrated Booker Prize-2022, has courted controversy resulting in the cancellation of an occasion to felicitate Geetanjali organised by Agra-based cultural and a theatre teams. The occasion was on account of happen on Saturday.
The occasion needed to be organized by two organisations of Agra – ‘Rangleela’, concerned within the promotion and revival of theatre actions and ‘Agra Theatre Club.’
As per the organisers of the occasion, the controversy was kicked up on the content material of the novel after a police criticism towards it was filed in Hathras. Complainant Sandeep Kumar Pathak of Sadabad in Hathras claimed that the creator had allegedly given objectionable reference to Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati in her e-book hurting the spiritual sentiments of Hindus.
Issuing a joint assertion, the organisers – Anil Shukla of ‘Rangeela’ and Harvijay Bahia of ‘Agra Theatre Club’– mentioned that it was unlucky that they might not felicitate Geetanjali Shree who was born in Mainpuri and did her education and faculty from completely different establishments of the state. Moreover, her father was an IAS officer who was posted in Agra division for a good interval.
“It is really sad that the event had to be called off in such a manner,” mentioned the organisers within the joint assertion.
They claimed that complainant Sandeep Kumar Pathak submitted a ‘tehrir’ (written criticism) at Kotwali police station in Hathras towards Geetanjali Shree and tweeted the criticism tagging UP CM and UP DGP, looking for registration of FIR towards Geetanjali.
However, the Hathras police reportedly acknowledged earlier than native media that they’d proceed within the case solely after finding out the content material of e-book, claimed Anil Shukla.
The organisers additionally claimed that earlier, there was a failed try made allegedly by a bunch of ABVP to sabotage her occasion organised by the academics’ union at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in Delhi a few days in the past.
Disturbed over the flip of occasions, creator Geetanjali Shree had apparently determined to keep away from public occasions for a while, they mentioned.
However, makes an attempt to contact the creator went in useless because the individual. Geetanjali Shree is a celebrated Hindi author who has 5 novels and 5 quick tales to her credit score. Her fifth novel, ‘Ret Samadhi’, was translated into English as ‘Tomb of Sand’ by American translator and author Daisy Rockwell. This creation of Geetanjali gained her the celebrated International Booker Prize in May.
LUCKNOW: ‘Ret Samadhi’ (Tomb of Sand), which gained its creator Geetanjali Shree the celebrated Booker Prize-2022, has courted controversy resulting in the cancellation of an occasion to felicitate Geetanjali organised by Agra-based cultural and a theatre teams. The occasion was on account of happen on Saturday.
The occasion needed to be organized by two organisations of Agra – ‘Rangleela’, concerned within the promotion and revival of theatre actions and ‘Agra Theatre Club.’
As per the organisers of the occasion, the controversy was kicked up on the content material of the novel after a police criticism towards it was filed in Hathras. Complainant Sandeep Kumar Pathak of Sadabad in Hathras claimed that the creator had allegedly given objectionable reference to Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati in her e-book hurting the spiritual sentiments of Hindus.
Issuing a joint assertion, the organisers – Anil Shukla of ‘Rangeela’ and Harvijay Bahia of ‘Agra Theatre Club’– mentioned that it was unlucky that they might not felicitate Geetanjali Shree who was born in Mainpuri and did her education and faculty from completely different establishments of the state. Moreover, her father was an IAS officer who was posted in Agra division for a good interval.
“It is really sad that the event had to be called off in such a manner,” mentioned the organisers within the joint assertion.
They claimed that complainant Sandeep Kumar Pathak submitted a ‘tehrir’ (written criticism) at Kotwali police station in Hathras towards Geetanjali Shree and tweeted the criticism tagging UP CM and UP DGP, looking for registration of FIR towards Geetanjali.
However, the Hathras police reportedly acknowledged earlier than native media that they’d proceed within the case solely after finding out the content material of e-book, claimed Anil Shukla.
The organisers additionally claimed that earlier, there was a failed try made allegedly by a bunch of ABVP to sabotage her occasion organised by the academics’ union at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in Delhi a few days in the past.
Disturbed over the flip of occasions, creator Geetanjali Shree had apparently determined to keep away from public occasions for a while, they mentioned.
However, makes an attempt to contact the creator went in useless because the individual. Geetanjali Shree is a celebrated Hindi author who has 5 novels and 5 quick tales to her credit score. Her fifth novel, ‘Ret Samadhi’, was translated into English as ‘Tomb of Sand’ by American translator and author Daisy Rockwell. This creation of Geetanjali gained her the celebrated International Booker Prize in May.
