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Bureaucratic mishap brings happy ending to ban on controversial Salman Rushdie book in India
It could have been a principled fight for freedom of expression in India, but in the end it was a bureaucratic…
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Satanic Verses: Indian officials misplace Salman Rushdie’s book ban order
Raju Ramachandran, a senior lawyer, said he found the suggestion a “little extreme”. “All that the high court says is…
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Indian court overrules ban on Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses — because of a missing file
Rushdie’s novel was banned in the Asian country in 1988 due to controversy over its depiction of Islam and portrayal…
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Salman Rushdie to publish first work of fiction since 2022 stabbing | Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie, who survived a stabbing attack in 2022 that cost him an eye, is writing a new work of…
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Literature:
Salman Rushdie’s knife attack memoir longlisted for Baillie Gifford prize | Books
Salman Rushdie’s memoir about surviving being stabbed is among the books longlisted for the 2024 Baillie Gifford prize for nonfiction.…
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