GUWAHATI: Renowned writer, poet and lyricist, Javed Akhtar, has been conferred the prestigious Richard Dawkins Award for 2020 for critical thinking.
The award has been bestowed on him for his critical thinking, scrutinizing religious beliefs, advancing human progress and humanist values.
The citation presented with the award states that the recipient will be a distinguished individual from the worlds of science, scholarship, education or entertainment, who publicly proclaim the values of secularism and rationalism, upholding scientific truth wherever it may lead.
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To congratulate his father for the same, Farhan Akhtar tweeted, “Congratulations pa.. for being the first Indian to receive the Richard Dawkins Award for critical thinking and advancing humanist values. You absolutely and unequivocally deserve it. So so proud.”
The Richard Dawkins Award was presented annually by the Atheist Alliance of America till July 2019 and is now presented by the Center for Inquiry from (CFI).
The Center for Inquiry (CFI) is a non profit organization that strictly opposes religion in government affairs.