Salman Rushdie Controversial Book

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  Salman Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses' Returns To India After 36-Year Ban

  British-Indian novelist Salman Rushdie's controversial book "The Satanic Verses" has quietly returned to India 36 years after it was banned by the Rajiv Gandhi government.

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  Salman Rushdie's 'Satanic Verses' Can Be Imported? 1988 Ban Order Missing

  The three-decade ban on importing author Salman Rushdie's controversial 'The Satanic Verses' book has effectively been lifted after a court said the government was unable to produce the original notification that imposed the ban.

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  Ban On Salman Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses' Does Not Exist, Court Rules

  The Delhi High Court has closed the proceedings on a petition challenging the Rajiv Gandhi government's decision to ban the import of Salman Rushdie's controversial novel "The Satanic Verses" in 1988.

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  Salman Rushdie Replies To Person Who Said His Books Are S***

  On February 9, Mr Rushdie took to Twitter to announce its release in India. However, one user decided to comment on his books and writing style.

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  Salman Rushdie Stabbed In Neck At New York Event, Taken To Hospital: 10 Points

  Author Salman Rushdie was stabbed in the neck at an event in New York, US, on Friday. Details were scarce about his condition and the attacker, who has been detained. The 75-year-old author's writings have in the past led to threats.

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  New Book Shows How Margaret Thatcher Protected Salman Rushdie In 1989

  The latest biography of Margaret Thatcher sheds new light on the role played by the former British Prime Minister in protecting Mumbai-born author Salman Rushdie after a fatwa was issued by Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini in 1989 over the release of his controversial book 'The Satanic Verses''.

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  Congress Distances Itself from P Chidambaram's Remarks on Salman Rushdie's Book

  Congress today distanced itself from former Finance Minister P Chidambaram's statement that the banning of Salman Rushdie's controversial novel 'The Satanic Verses' by the Rajiv Gandhi government was wrong.

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  Rajiv Gandhi Government Wrong in Banning Salman Rushdie's Book: P Chidambaram

  Twenty-seven years after the then Rajiv Gandhi government banned Salman Rushdie's controversial novel 'The Satanic Verses', former Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said it was "wrong."

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  Saudi Arabia Summons Czech Envoy Over 'Satanic Verses'

  Saudi Arabia has summoned the Czech ambassador over a new translation of British writer Salman Rushdie's controversial book "Satanic Verses", official media said Friday.

• Rushdie is 'sub-standard' writer: Katju

  Salman Rushdie is a "poor" and "sub-standard writer" who would have remained largely unknown but for his controversial book 'Satanic Verses', according to Markandey Katju, till recently a judge of the Supreme Court.

• Controversy over who kept Salman Rushdie out of Jaipur Literature Festival

  The literary fest in Jaipur is drawing big crowds, but also bigger controversies, courtesy Salman Rushdie. The heated debate over several authors reading from his The Satanic Verses, a book banned in India, is still raging and so is the one on what kept Mr Rushdie away from the festival.

• 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...