After winning the prestigious international award, Shree, one of the best Hindi authors in the country, was not felicitated by the government and was instead targeted on social media.
An event to honour International Booker Prize winner Geetanjali Shree here on Saturday was called off by the organisers after a complaint was filed against the author alleging there are some objectionable comments about Indian deities in her novel.
An event to honour International Booker Prize winner Geetanjali Shree in Agra on Saturday was called off by the organisers after a complaint was filed against the author alleging there are some objectionable comments about Indian deities in her novel
The complainant, a resident of Hathras, alleged that her prize-winning novel ‘Ret Samadhi’ has objectionable comments about Hindu deities Shiva and Parvati.