Lyricist Javed Akhtar turned into the primary Indian to be named because the recipient of the Richard Dawkins Award. He has been honoured for vital considering, retaining spiritual dogma as much as scrutiny, advancing human growth and humanist values.

Chatting with a information company, Akhtar mentioned that he’s deeply honoured as he has been a perfect admirer of Richard Dawkins ever since he learn his first e-book, ‘The Egocentric Gene’. The 75-year-old lyricist mentioned that he used to be knowledgeable in regards to the honour by means of electronic mail and that he used to be decided on unanimously for the award by means of the board of Middle for Inquiry USA, through which The Richard Dawkins Basis is housed.

Annually, the award recognises a outstanding person from the sphere of science, scholarship, schooling, or leisure, who publicly announces the values of secularism and rationalism and upholding medical fact.

Javed Akhtar’s spouse Shabana Azmi talking to a information company mentioned that the award’s relevance turns into extra distinguished particularly within the present instances when secularism is underneath assault.

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