"Standing up for Rushdie is about standing up for every book, painting and film attacked or censored."
The Hindu : Opinion / Op-Ed : Bringing down the fatwa wall: Now here we were, in 2012, twenty-three years after The Satanic Verses was blocked from import; standing by, as Rushdie himself was being blocked from attending a festival because of that blocked book. Even though he has come to India many times since the ‘ban', even though he had not tried to revive the book on any of his visits.
The governments in Delhi and Jaipur, greedy for a few votes and fearful of losing them, are yet again stepping back from confronting the identity merchants.
The governments in Delhi and Jaipur, greedy for a few votes and fearful of losing them, are yet again stepping back from confronting the identity merchants.
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