Joining in the chorus of protest by the writers' community, Telugu writer Katyayani Vidmahe today said she was returning her Sahitya Akademi award in protest against the growing intolerance in country.<br/><br/>A professor of Telugu at the Kakatiya University in Warangal, Vimahe recieved the Sahitya Akademi award in 2013.<br/>In the wake of murder of Kannada rationalist M M Kalburgi and recent incident of lynching at Dadri in UP, several writers across country have returned their awards in protest.