Javed Akhtar Wins Richard Dawkins Award.
National Award-winning lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar has won the Richard Dawkins Award.
National Award-winning lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar has won the Richard Dawkins Award. He is the first Indian to win this award. The Richard Dawkins Award is named after the famous biologist. The award recognizes individuals who “publicly proclaim the values of secularism, rationalism, and accepting scientific truth.” Other famous awardees include Ricky Gervais, Stephen Fry, Bill Maher, etc. .
Javed Akhtar was honoured with the award for his “critical thinking, holding religious dogma up to scrutiny, and humanist values. Javed Akhtar has supported various social causes. He has also never shied away from expressing his views on issues like CAA, Islamophobia and others. Shabana Azmi in her tweet wrote. “Such marvellous news. Congratulations @Javedakhtarjadu. To win an award from your Hero is the ultimate validation.” Other celebrities like Anil Kapoor, Urmila Matondkar, Nikhil Advani and Dia Mirza also congratulated him on Twitter.
