"As President of the Akademi, I may tell you quite frankly that I would not like the Prime Minister to interfere with my work."
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Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on being elected as the first President of Sahitya Akademi, quoted in "Saving Sahitya Akademi", The Hindu, 25 March 2016
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