Comments on: Writers take a stand against Rushdie ban

By: India’s flourishing offence industry hits literary festival – again | UNCUT

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:50:29 +0000

[...] reports that radical groups did not want Hari Kunzru and Amitav Kumar at the event. Last year, the two writers read extracts from Rushdie’s novel the Satanic Verses at the festival, after the novelist was forced to [...]

By: India’s face-off with internet freedom | UNCUT

India’s face-off with internet freedom | UNCUT — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 09:20:13 +0000

[...] take a stand against the Salman Rushdie [...]

By: Enemies of free speech | Index on Censorship

Enemies of free speech | Index on Censorship — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:51:47 +0000

[...] Jeet Thayil and Rushir Joshi, all speakers at the festival who had shown solidarity with Rushdie by reading from The Satanic Verses. It was, they insisted, ‘unnecessary provocation’ and threatened that ‘all [...]

By: India: How to silence a nation | Index on Censorship

India: How to silence a nation | Index on Censorship — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:08:50 +0000

[...] four authors — Amitava Kumar, Hari Kunzru, Ruchir Joshi, and Jeet Thayil — read from the novel to express solidarity with the absent Rushdie, and as a mark of protest. Rushdie did [...]

By: Uzoozy

Uzoozy — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:59:50 +0000

This book is blasphamy. Only those who are affected feel it.
Salman should have picked some other topic name or scenerio.
He should pay for his deeds.
At least he has to look over his shoulders wherever he goes, that in itself is enough torture.
When your own parents die is when you feel the pain.
The book has no real merits except he made money at others expense
Salman Rush-die should be banned from India.

By: On The Censorship of Cricket | Robert Sharp

On The Censorship of Cricket | Robert Sharp — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:56:14 +0000

[...] echoes the problems experienced by delegates to the Jaipur Literary Festival last weekend. Threats of violence (real and imagined) [...]

By: 136. The Shame of Self-Censorship « Tell Me Another

136. The Shame of Self-Censorship « Tell Me Another — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:04:23 +0000

[...] facing threats of violence for having written The Satanic Verses, and so are writers at the recent Jaipur Literary Festival who read from that novel, which is still banned in India after all these years. It turns out that [...]

By: Jill Johnson

Jill Johnson — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:24:00 +0000

Are we burning books again? Censorship is wrong.

By: Priya Sarukkai Chabria

Priya Sarukkai Chabria — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:45:13 +0000

Freedom of expression is my birthright and I shall have it. This makes us be what we are. Stand up for it.

By: Priya Sarukkai Chabria

Priya Sarukkai Chabria — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:43:51 +0000

Freedom of expression is my birthright and I shall have it. This makes us be what we are. Stand up for it!