Kashmiri writer Ghulam Nabi Khayal returns Sahitya Akademi award

Kashmiri writer and poet Ghulam Nabi Khayal has joined the bandwagon of authors returning their Sahitya Akademi awards, saying the minorities in the country today feel "unsafe and threatened". Khayal, who won the prestigious honour for his book 'Gashik Minaar' (Luminaries) in 1975, said he would soon return the cash prize and copper plaque to the Akademi.