Days after the Maharashtra government withdrew an award for the Marathi translation of Kobad Ghandy’s memoir, the chairman of the Marathi language committee and four members of the literary board have reportedly resigned in protest.
The book – Fractured Freedom: A Prison Memoir – by Ghandy was an account of his experience in jail, where he spent a decade after being accused of being a Maoist ideologue. On December 6, the government's Marathi language department announced the Late Yashwantrao Chavan Literature Award 2021 to Anagha Lele for her translation of the book, but the move was criticised on social media over accusations against Ghandy.
