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'Fight words with words': IMSD opposes re-banning of Rushdie's book
December 30, 2024 11:01 pm
"The Satanic Verses", priced at Rs 1,999, is available at Bahrisons Booksellers in Delhi-NCR.
Notification banning Salman Rushdie’s Satanic Verses ‘untraceable’, Delhi HC disposes of plea seeking book’s import
November 08, 2024 5:16 am
Declaring the plea as infructuous, a division bench of the court on November 5 recorded that it has no other option “except to presume that no such notification exists”.
Alok Rai writes | Salman Rushdie attack: Need to condemn, need to listen
August 17, 2022 9:02 am
Alok Rai writes: To draw line between free speech and hate speech, you need to engage with inequalities of power -- and inequality of access to free speech.
Iran says Rushdie and supporters to blame for attack
August 15, 2022 1:45 pm
Freedom of speech does not justify Rushdie's insults against religion in his writing, ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani told a news briefing.
From discussions on blasphemy to intolerance, ‘Satanic Verses’ in Parliament over the years
August 14, 2022 1:32 pm
The Rajiv Gandhi government’s decision to ban the import of the book, the first country to do so, remains contested to this day, within the Congress as well as outside.
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan interview: 'Shah Bano, Satanic Verses... issues were dealt with not on merit but to build vote banks, a disaster for country'
August 14, 2022 2:09 pm
"In a civilised society, there is no room for violence or taking the law in one’s own hands," says Arif Mohammed Khan.
In their own voice
December 01, 2015 12:02 am
Two senior politicians speak up against ban politics, Section 377. They have been part of the problem, but it’s not too late.
Was told not to choose Indian name while in hiding: Rushdie
September 21, 2012 3:41 pm
The author recalls that it felt 'worse' to not just lose his name but also ethnicity.
Satanic Verses was not written for the mullahs: Salman Rushdie
June 04, 2012 3:45 pm
The book sparked a never-ending controversy and provoked a 'fatwa' for India-born author's head.
Salman Rushdie's satanic Versus
March 21, 2012 10:01 am
If you want a slightly better-looking version of Gaddafi you might cast <b>Imran Khan</b>,says Rushdie.
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