Sumit Sarkar: Difference between revisions

Sarkar was awarded the [[Rabindra Puraskar]] literary award for his book ''Writing Social History'' by the [[West Bengal]] government in 2004. He returned the award in 2007 in protest against [[Nandigram violence|the expulsion of farmers]] from their land. The Government of West Bengal did not accept his refusal.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nandigram was more shocking than Jallianwala Bagh |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1774467.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=2007-03-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101207162822/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1774467.cms |access-date=2008-03-27 |archive-date=7 December 2010 }}</ref>