Rushdie Video Link

The Jaipur Literature Festival ended without any participation from writer Salman Rushdie. A video chat scheduled for 3.45 pm was called off by the organizers of the event and the owners of the venue. They said the police had advised them that protesters at the venue and elsewhere in the city could trigger violence.

Barely two hours after the organisers of the Jaipur Literary Festival confirmed that Salman Rushdie would join the event via a video link from London, protests at the venue are leading to reports that the session with Mr Rushdie may yet be cancelled. Organisers are reportedly meeting with the police right now.

After much controversy first over his presence and then his absence at the Jaipur Literature Festival, it's now unclear if the writer will be allowed to participate on the fifth and final day of the event via a video link. Sources in the government and police say that concerns about law and order may be used to pull the plug on the video chat.

The Jaipur Literature Festival ended without any participation from writer Salman Rushdie. A video chat scheduled for 3.45 pm was called off by the organizers of the event and the owners of the venue. They said the police had advised them that protesters at the venue and elsewhere in the city could trigger violence.

Barely two hours after the organisers of the Jaipur Literary Festival confirmed that Salman Rushdie would join the event via a video link from London, protests at the venue are leading to reports that the session with Mr Rushdie may yet be cancelled. Organisers are reportedly meeting with the police right now.

After much controversy first over his presence and then his absence at the Jaipur Literature Festival, it's now unclear if the writer will be allowed to participate on the fifth and final day of the event via a video link. Sources in the government and police say that concerns about law and order may be used to pull the plug on the video chat.