Over four months after bagging the 2020 Richard Dawkins Award, the trophy has reached Javed Akhtar. The first Indian to receive the honour, Akhtar was awarded for his 'critical thinking and holding religious dogma up to scrutiny and advancing human progress'. Be it on social media or at sessions in different cities, Akhtar has been vocal about topics like CAA and Islamophobia.

u00e2u0081u00a6@Javedakhtarjaduu00e2u0081u00a9 with his prized #Richard Dawkins 2020 Award. pic.twitter.com/P8oxeHKnFl

— Azmi Shabana (@AzmiShabana) October 26, 2020

The award has been presented since 2003, and is named after English evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins.