As a writer, I feel insulted: Bengali author returns award after Bangla Academy honours Mamata Banerjee
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A Bengali writer and folk culture researcher on Tuesday returned an award given to her by the Paschimbanga Bangla Academy to protest against its decision to confer a special award on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her contribution to the cause of literature. Ratna Rashid Banerjee returned the 'Annada Shankar Smarak Samman' with which she was honoured by the Academy in 2019.