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

‘Without free speech writers can have very little impact on culture’

In his speech at the European Writers' Parliament in Istanbul, Hari Kunzru raised the issue of Turkey's free speech violations