February 7th, 2012
Legal proceedings have been filed against four authors that read aloud from Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic verses. Salil Tripathi explains how outdated Colonial-era legislation is being used to curtail free expression.
Tags: Tags: censorship, India, Indian penal code, Islam, Jaipur, religion and culture, Salil Tripathi, Salman Rushdie, satanic verses,
January 18th, 2012
As religious leaders call to ban Salman Rushdie from the Jaipur festival in India, Salil Tripathi reports on the country’s “sepulchral silence”
** Update 20 January 2012 ** – Salman Rushdie tweeted this morning:
Very sad not to be at jaipur. I was told bombay mafia don issued weapons to 2 hitmen to “eliminate” me. Will do video link instead. Damn.
— Salman Rushdie (@SalmanRushdie) January 20, 2012
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June 9th, 2011
For almost 20 years, artist MF Husain was threatened and his work abused. Salil Tripathi says goodbye to a controversial and spell-binding master (more…)
Tags: Tags: art, freedom of expression, India, Maqbool Fida Husain, religion, Salil Tripathi,
January 7th, 2011
Salmaan Taseer’s assassination is the result of years of political uses of Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, says Salil Tripathi
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Tags: Tags: Aasia Bibi, blasphemy, Islam, Pakistan, religion, Salil Tripathi, Salmaan Taseer,
December 16th, 2010
As funders threaten to punish the US gallery that censorsed the first major US exhibition of gay art, Salil Tripathi looks at the fallout of America’s culture wars
Tags: Tags: art, censorship, homosexuality, Salil Tripathi, US,
February 16th, 2009
The legal system forces once proud newspapers to grovel when faced with pressure from religious groups, says Salil Tripathi
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Tags: Tags: Anil Kapoor, AR Rahman, India, Johann Hari, Maqbool Fida Husain, Salil Tripathi, statesman,
