Senior lyricist and poet Javed Akhtar is named as the recipient of the prestigious Richard Dawkins Award. Actually, Javed Akhtar's wife Shabana Azmi has shared the photo of the trophy on social media, which you can see. He was nominated 4 months ago for this award. This award is given in the name of the English evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins. This award has been given since 2003.

⁦@Javedakhtarjadu⁩ with his prized #Richard Dawkins 2020 Award. pic.twitter.com/P8oxeHKnFl

— Azmi Shabana (@AzmiShabana) October 26, 2020

The award is given to a person from the field of science, research, education or entertainment, who is publicly logical and tries to protect secularism. Recently, Javed Akhtar's wife, actress Shabana, while sharing her husband's photo, wrote in the caption - 'Javed with his Richard Dawkins 2020 Award'. Let us also tell you that Javed Akhtar and Richard Dawkins interacted with each other during a virtual conference on the award last Saturday.

Well while talking about this, Shabana had said- 'I am very happy. I know that Richard Dawkins has been a motivating hero for Javed. This award also matters because in today's time, when religious fundamentalists of all religions are attacking secularism, this award refers to Javed's efforts to protect this value. '

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