'Rajiv Gandhi banned my book because of Muslim votes', Rushdie had said in a 1998 letter
Fp Staff • 3 years agoIn an open letter, which appeared in New York Times, dated 19 October 1998, he wrote, ‘I deeply resent my book being used as a political football; what should matter to you... is that you come out of this looking not only Philistine and anti-democratic but opportunistic’
‘Fired bullet won't rest till it hits target’: Ultra-conservatives in Iran, Pakistan, Syria celebrate attack on Rushdie
Fp Staff • 3 years agoEghtesad Salem, a conservative news website published a column saying that the attack was issuing a clear message to American officials. It stated that they would be hunted down for the assassination of Iran's top general, Qassim Suleimani, who died in a US airstrike in January 2020
Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie attacked on lecture stage in New York
• 3 years agoSalman Rushdie was quickly surrounded by a small group of people who held up his legs, presumably to send more blood to his chest. His condition was not immediately known
Baba Ramdev book ban: Through her judgment, Delhi HC judge Anu Malhotra has let everyone read the juicy bits for free
Praveen • 7 years agoDelhi High Court judge Anu Malhotra’s decision to reproduce content from Priyanka Pathak's book on Baba Ramdev, that she herself ordered excised, as part of the judgment, is a great step forward for judicial transparency
Banning books is draconian; govt may use its powers to clamp down but it will be thwarted by technology
Ajay Kumar • 7 years agoUnless one turns into an effective police state like China, banning books is an exercise in futility.
How many years to correct mistake, Salman Rushdie asks about 'Satanic Verses' ban
Fp Archives • 9 years agoHours after former finance minister P Chidambaram described the ban on Salman Rushdie’s book “The Satanic Verses” in India as wrong, the author asked how many more years it would take to correct the “mistake”.
If tax breaks for PK are alright, why not a subsidy for Satanic Verses?
Jagannathan • 10 years agoThe governments of UP and Bihar have announced tax breaks for Aamir Khan film PK. Should the states be enhancing Bollywood's super-rich using taxpayer money to make a political point?
Mamata did the right thing by blocking 'Satan' Rushdie's visit: TMC MP
Fp Archives • 12 years agoTrinamool Congress MP Sultan Ahmed said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had done the right thing if she indeed blocked the writer's visit to Kolkata.
Now, there's 'cultural emergency' in India: Salman Rushdie
Fp Archives • 12 years ago"It seems that culture has become the new target. It may be because the writers, painters, filmmakers, artists don't have armies. We don't have the boys to put on streets to defend our film, novel or painting. So it's not hard to attack," Rushdie said.
Rushdie and Jinnah: More alike than different?
Aakar • 13 years agoI was reading Salman Rushdie's memoir, Joseph Anton, when it struck me that Pakistan's Mohd Ali Jinnah, the Muslim hero, and India's Rushdie, the Muslim villain, share quite a few things in common...