Indian author Geetanjali Shree was awarded International Booker Prize for her novel 바카라˜Red Samadhi바카라™ or 바카라˜Tombs of Sand바카라™ in May this year.
The felicitation event for India바카라™s first Booker Prize winner author Geetanjali Shree in Uttar Pradesh바카라™s Agra was cancelled, following complaint of alleged hurting of religious sentiments in her novel 바카라˜Ret Samadhi바카라™ or 바카라˜Tombs of Sand바카라™.Â
Here is all about the controversy:
The felicitation event for Shree was organised by cultural organisations Rangleela and Agra Theatre Club.Â
However, it was cancelled following a controversy.
A complaint was filed by a person named Sandeep Kumar Pathak from Sadabad in Hathras district.
Pathak in his complaint mentioned that Shree바카라™s novel had objectionable comments on Lord Shiva and mother Parvati.
He alleged that the religious sentiments of Hindus were hurt. Â
Who is Geetanjali Shree?
In May this year, Geetanjali Shree became the first Indian author to win the International Booker Prize for her novel 바카라˜Ret Samadhi바카라™, which was translated into English as 바카라˜Tomb of Sand바카라™ by American translator Daisy Rockwell.Â
What is Geetanjali Shree's novel all about?
Shree바카라™s novel is set in north India. It is the tale of  80-year-old Ma, who insists on travelling to Pakistan, simultaneously confronting the unresolved trauma of her teenage experiences of Partition, and re-evaluating what it means to be a mother, a daughter, a woman and a feminist.
(With PTI inputs)
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