Hari Kunzru

'Lamest Nobel win since Obama': How Twitter reacted to Bob Dylan's Literature Prize win

US music legend Bob Dylan, whose poetic lyrics have influenced generations of fans, won the Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday, the first songwriter to win the award in a decision that stunned prize watchers.

Between Bigg Boss and Un-banning: the Rushdie affair continues

Salman Rushdie would have been the biggest literary celebrity at Jaipur. But in his absence, he became even bigger, hovering over the festival like Banquo’s ghost. It was hard to find a session that didn’t mention the man.

Fresh row over Rushdie, doubts over video link

A fresh row broke out today over Salman Rushdie with the Rajasthan government saying it will not allow the controversial author's proposed video link address to the Jaipur Literature Festival without its permission.

Rushdie to address JLF tomorrow via video

According to the latest new reports it appears Rushdie will be attending the festival via video link tomorrow at 3.45 pm. However Jaipur police has said that organisers need permission for this as well.

Rushdie no-show and the borders of our shrunken minds

With the precedent set in the case of Salman Rushdie, the template for criminal intimidation of our writers and artists has been perfected.

Why 'free speech' fled from the Jaipur Literary Festival

The four authors who read passages from The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie's banned book, have fled from the festival for fear of arrest. Notions of free speech too are packing their bags.

Jaipur Lit Fest: Hari Kunzru, Amitava Kumar read out from Rushdie's Satanic Verses

The organisers stepped in and asked the authors to not go ahead with the reading, and issued a press release later, distancing themselves from the incident.