No takers for Midnight's Children film: India becoming too sensitive?

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  • Published On: September 16, 2012
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Is India getting intolerant? That's been the debate after a cartoonist was booked for sedition and arrested this past week. Now comes the news that Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children has no takers in India. Distributors say it’s a business decision, but the author, of course, is not new to controversy.

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