Sangeet Natak Akademi - Current Affairs Questions and Answers

1)   Which artistes have won the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 2015?

a. Ashwini Bhide Deshpande
b. Iqbal Ahmed Khan
c. Nath Neralkar
d. All of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All of the above

Explanation:
9 artistes including Ashwini Bide Deshpande, Iqbal Ahmed Khan, Nath Neralkar, Nayan Ghosh and Ronu Majumdar received awards for their contribution to music while eight eminent dancers were also honoured. A total of 35 Indian personalities were conferred the Akademi awards. Other winners include folk singer Abdul Rashid Hafiz and noted playwright Asgar Wajahat. The awards carry a cash prize of INR 1 lakh.
2)   Which famous artist is returning the Sangeet Natak Akademi award in protest against “increasing difficulty” to speak up in public places without being harangued, on 19th October 2015?

a. Mahmood Farooqui
b. Danish Hussain
c. Maya Krishna Rao
d. Uday Prakash
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Danish Hussain

Explanation:
The Dasntagoi artist returned the award, becoming the second to do so after Maya Krishna Rao. Hussain received the Akademi’s Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar in 2010 jointly with Mahmood Farooqui for Dastangoi, a folk narrative of Uttar Pradesh. This is one of the landmark moments when many writers, poets, thinkers and artists have returned their recognition en masse.

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