As the Asian city-state marks its 50th anniversary of independence, Salil Tripathi examines the country’s fuzzy relationship with free expression
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Salil Tripathi
Salil Tripathi
Salil Tripathi is a London-based writer, a frequent contributor to Index on Censorship magazine and contributes a monthly column to the Index website. He frequently writes on politics, economics, literature, and social trends for various publications including India Today, the Far Eastern Economic Review, The Wall Street Journal and the International Herald Tribune.
Penguin’s disappointing surrender over Hindus book
Penguin India has agreed to withdraw Wendy Doniger’s award-winning book The Hindus: An Alternative History, and to destroy remaining copies within six months, writes Salil Tripathi
Bollywood blockbuster Madras Cafe withdrawn in UK
Britain should learn the lessons of Satanic Verses and Bezhti and stand up for free expression, says Salil Tripathi
India: How to silence a nation
Legal proceedings have been filed against the 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Salil Tripathi explains how outdated Colonial-era legislation is being used to curtail free expression.
Writers take a stand against Rushdie ban
As the noise surrounding Salman Rushdie’s withdrawal from the Jaipur Literary Festival rumbles on, India’s writers take a stand against the ban on The Satanic Verses. Salil Tripathi reports
India must choose to defend free speech
As religious figureheads call to ban Salman Rushdie from a prestigious literature festival in India, Salil Tripathi reports on the country’s “sepulchral silence”
UPDATE: Salman Rushdie pulls out of Indian festival amid assassination fears
Simon Singh v the BCA – What next?
Salil Tripathi at a rally for the under-siege science writer
Simon Singh