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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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Ex Minister Defends Rajiv Gandhi Government's Ban On Salman Rushdie's Book
Mr Singh (91) rejected as "rubbish" the charge by critics the Rajiv Gandhi government's decision to ban the book was driven by appeasement towards Muslims.
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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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'Be Tolerant', BJP Tells Congress After Chidambaram's Remark on Salman Rushdie's Book Ban
A day after former Finance Minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram termed the ban on Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses as 'wrong', the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) asked why it took him 27 years to admit it and advised the opposition party to be a "little tolerant".
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'How Many Years to Correct Mistake,' Asks Salman Rushdie After Chidambaram's Remark
Hours after former Finance Minister P Chidambaram termed the ban on Salman Rushdie's book "Satanic Verses" as "wrong", the author tweeted asking how many more years it would take to correct the "mistake".
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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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Opinion: Mani-Talk: Wendy Doniger and Salman Rushdie, separate and not equal
As one who continues to support Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's mid-80s decision to ban the import of Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses, how do I reconcile my horror at what is being done to Wendy Doniger with my solidarity with Rajiv on Satanic Verses?
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Open letter to Rajiv Gandhi in 1988 was 'arrogant', admits Salman Rushdie
24 years after he shot off an open letter to the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi criticising the ban on The Satanic Verses, India-born controversial author Salman Rushdie now admits that his reaction was "arrogant", "angry" and "cheek".
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Imran in playboy days was called 'Im the Dim': Salman Rushdie
Two months after he was forced to skip a literary fest in Jaipur, controversial writer Salman Rushdie tonight attended a function here amid tight security. The controversial author of 'The Satanic Verses', which was banned in India owing to protest from a section of Muslims, attended the 'India Today Conclave' at Taj Palace attended by a select gro...
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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.
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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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Reading 'The Satanic Verses' in India: Is it Illegal?
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?
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What triggered the case against Facebook, Google
India has long faced an uneasy tension between allowing free expression to its citizens and staunching sectarian violence among its people. It was one of the first countries to ban "The Satanic Verses" by Salman Rushdie. Lawsuits forced the Indian painter Maqbool Fida Husain to live in exile during the last several years of his life. An academic bo...
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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.
-
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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Ex Minister Defends Rajiv Gandhi Government's Ban On Salman Rushdie's Book
Mr Singh (91) rejected as "rubbish" the charge by critics the Rajiv Gandhi government's decision to ban the book was driven by appeasement towards Muslims.
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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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'Be Tolerant', BJP Tells Congress After Chidambaram's Remark on Salman Rushdie's Book Ban
A day after former Finance Minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram termed the ban on Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses as 'wrong', the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) asked why it took him 27 years to admit it and advised the opposition party to be a "little tolerant".
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'How Many Years to Correct Mistake,' Asks Salman Rushdie After Chidambaram's Remark
Hours after former Finance Minister P Chidambaram termed the ban on Salman Rushdie's book "Satanic Verses" as "wrong", the author tweeted asking how many more years it would take to correct the "mistake".
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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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Opinion: Mani-Talk: Wendy Doniger and Salman Rushdie, separate and not equal
As one who continues to support Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's mid-80s decision to ban the import of Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses, how do I reconcile my horror at what is being done to Wendy Doniger with my solidarity with Rajiv on Satanic Verses?
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Open letter to Rajiv Gandhi in 1988 was 'arrogant', admits Salman Rushdie
24 years after he shot off an open letter to the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi criticising the ban on The Satanic Verses, India-born controversial author Salman Rushdie now admits that his reaction was "arrogant", "angry" and "cheek".
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Imran in playboy days was called 'Im the Dim': Salman Rushdie
Two months after he was forced to skip a literary fest in Jaipur, controversial writer Salman Rushdie tonight attended a function here amid tight security. The controversial author of 'The Satanic Verses', which was banned in India owing to protest from a section of Muslims, attended the 'India Today Conclave' at Taj Palace attended by a select gro...
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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.
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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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Reading 'The Satanic Verses' in India: Is it Illegal?
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?
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What triggered the case against Facebook, Google
India has long faced an uneasy tension between allowing free expression to its citizens and staunching sectarian violence among its people. It was one of the first countries to ban "The Satanic Verses" by Salman Rushdie. Lawsuits forced the Indian painter Maqbool Fida Husain to live in exile during the last several years of his life. An academic bo...
