National Award-winning lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar has won the prestigious Richard Dawkins Award. Akhtar was honoured with the award for his “critical thinking, holding religious dogma up to scrutiny, advancing human progress and humanist values,” according to Shabana Azmi’s tweet. “Such marvellous news. Congratulations @Javedakhtarjadu. To win an award from your Hero is the ultimate validation,” she wrote further. Dia Mirza also took to Twitter to congratulate Javed Akhtar.
