National Award-winning lyricist and screenwriter, Javed Akhtar has become the first Indian to bag the prestigious Richard Dawkins Award. Richard Dawkins Award is named after the revolutionary English biologist Richard Dawkins. The Award was started back in 2003 by the Atheist Alliance of America, however, in 2019, the Richard Dawkins Award moved to the Center for Inquiry (CFI). The Richard Dawkins Award seeks to recognize individuals from different walks of life, who uphold secularism and rationalism through their views.

Javed received this precious piece for his critical thinking, holding religious dogma up to scrutiny, advancing human progress and humanist values. Interestingly, Javed Akhtar is the first Indian to win the Richard Dawkins Award. Bunch of celebrities took their social media to congratulate him for his excellence.

Several celebrities like Anil Kapoor, Nikhil Advani and Urmila Matondkar also took to Twitter to congratulate the veteran poet. Sounding more thrilled and elated than Javed Akhtar was Shabana Azmi in her tweet. She wrote, “Such marvellous news. Congratulations @Javedakhtarjadu. To win an award from your Hero is the ultimate validation.”

Dia Mirza tweeted, “Javed Akhtar Saab has won the prestigious Richard Dawkins Award 2020 for critical thinking, holding religious dogma upto scrutiny, advancing human progress and humanist values. He is the only Indian to have won this award! @Javedakhtarjadu Congratulations! You make us proud.”

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