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The Satanic Verses: Salman Rushdie Controversial Novel Returns To India After Decades

The Satanic Verses: Salman Rushdie Controversial Novel Returns To India After Decades

27 Dec 2024

The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie's 1988 novel, has come back to Indian bookshops after a decade ban. This controversial 1988 novel, has sparked international protest over its depiction of the prophet Muhammad and a subsequent fatwa against him from Iran's then supreme leader Ayatollah Khomeini, had remained banned in India...

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Delhi Court Lifts 36-Year Ban On Salman Rushdie “The Satanic Verses”, Import Door Opens

Delhi Court Lifts 36-Year Ban On Salman Rushdie “The Satanic Verses”, Import Door Opens

08 Nov 2024

The Delhi High Court has officially lifted the 36-year-old ban on importing Salman Rushdie’s controversial novel "The Satanic Verses", citing the lack of an original notification enforcing the restriction. The ban, which was imposed in 1988 under then-Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, was a response to protests from Muslim groups, who...

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Salman Rushdie’s ‘Knife’

Salman Rushdie’s ‘Knife’

16 Aug 2024

Salman Rushdie’s ‘Knife: Meditation After an Attempt Murder’ (2024) is a collection of autobiographical memoirs. He wrote the memoir after he was attacked on 12th August 2022 in New York where he lost his right eye in this attack. He dedicated this book to the men and women who saved...

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Harry Potter writer J.K. Rowling receives death threat on Twitter, saying ‘You are next’

Harry Potter writer J.K. Rowling receives death threat on Twitter, saying ‘You are next’

14 Aug 2022

Author J.K. Rowling has received a death threat for condemning the attack on Salman Rushdie. Rowling tweeted in support of Salman Rushdie. Since then, she has been receiving death threats. Taking to Twitter Rowling wrote, "Feeling very sick right now. Let him be ok." In response to this tweet, a...

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Author Salman Rushdie taken off ventilator; accused Matar pleaded ‘not guilty’

Author Salman Rushdie taken off ventilator; accused Matar pleaded ‘not guilty’

14 Aug 2022

Renowned author Salman Rushdie was taken off a ventilator on Friday and will be able to talk. Rushdie was attacked by a man with a knife on Friday at an event in New York, USA. According to the Washington Post, Rushdie’s agent Andrew Wyllie said Rushdie was taken off a...

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White House condemns attack on Salman Rushdie; calls it ‘reprehensible’

White House condemns attack on Salman Rushdie; calls it ‘reprehensible’

13 Aug 2022

The White House on Saturday called the attack on Salman Rushdie "reprehensible". President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris wished the renowned author a speedy recovery. In his statement, US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said, "Today, the nation and the globe witnessed a heinous act against the author...

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Author Salman Rushdie on ventilator; likely to lose an eye

Author Salman Rushdie on ventilator; likely to lose an eye

13 Aug 2022

Renowned author Salman Rushdie is on a ventilator after the attack and may have to lose an eye. He was attacked by a man with a knife on Friday at an event in New York, USA. According to Rushdie's agent Andrew Wyllie, Rushdie's liver was damaged in the attack. Wyllie...

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