Amitava Kumar

The Supreme Court today reserved its verdict in an appeal challenging the grant of bail to controversial Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Shahabuddin in a murder case by Patna High Court. A bench comprising justices PC Ghose and Amitava Roy reserved the order after lawyers representing Shahabuddin and others wrapped up their arguments in the case.

Author Hari Kunzru has defended reading excerpts from Salman Rushdie's banned novel Satanic Verses on stage during the Jaipur Literature Festival last week.

Did Amitava Kumar, Hari Kunzru and other authors who read passages from Salman Rushdie's "The Satanic Verses," which is banned in India, Friday evening at the Jaipur Literature Festival violate Indian law?

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...

The Supreme Court today reserved its verdict in an appeal challenging the grant of bail to controversial Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Shahabuddin in a murder case by Patna High Court. A bench comprising justices PC Ghose and Amitava Roy reserved the order after lawyers representing Shahabuddin and others wrapped up their arguments in the case.

Author Hari Kunzru has defended reading excerpts from Salman Rushdie's banned novel Satanic Verses on stage during the Jaipur Literature Festival last week.

Did Amitava Kumar, Hari Kunzru and other authors who read passages from Salman Rushdie's "The Satanic Verses," which is banned in India, Friday evening at the Jaipur Literature Festival violate Indian law?

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...