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Why I read from The Satanic Verses: An author's explanation
Author Hari Kunzru has defended reading excerpts from Salman Rushdie's banned novel Satanic Verses on stage during the Jaipur Literature Festival last week.
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Police demand tapes of reading from Rushdie's 'Satanic Verses'; some authors leave LitFest
A day after author Salman Rushdie made it clear that he would not be coming to India, alleging that he was told that underworld hitmen were out to get him, the raging debate at the Jaipur Literature Festival is still on. The police have now asked for the tape recordings of author Amitava Kumar who read out excerpts from Mr Rushdie's controversial b...
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Why I read from The Satanic Verses: An author's explanation
Author Hari Kunzru has defended reading excerpts from Salman Rushdie's banned novel Satanic Verses on stage during the Jaipur Literature Festival last week.
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Police demand tapes of reading from Rushdie's 'Satanic Verses'; some authors leave LitFest
A day after author Salman Rushdie made it clear that he would not be coming to India, alleging that he was told that underworld hitmen were out to get him, the raging debate at the Jaipur Literature Festival is still on. The police have now asked for the tape recordings of author Amitava Kumar who read out excerpts from Mr Rushdie's controversial b...
