KATHMANDU, Sept. 29 -- Padmashree Sahitya Puraskar and Padmashree Sadhana Samman, the two famous literary awards in Nepal, have been cancelled for this year.
The Khemlal-Harikala Lamichhane Samaaj Kalyan Pratisthan on Sunday had announced that it would confer this year's Padmashree Sahitya Puraskar and the Padmashree Sadhana Samman upon novelist Dr Sanjeev Uprety and litterateur Modanath Prashrit, respectively.
However, Uprety on Monday decided not to receive the award amid social media uproar against the name of Prashrit who has been facing a rape charge for a long time. Prashrit, who is also a former education minister, has been portrayed as a brutal rapist in an autobiography 'Dharatal' authored by Sharada Bhushal.
Likewise, Prashrit ...