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After Delhi HC ruling, can you buy Salman Rushdie’s ‘The Satanic Verses’ in India now?

Live Mint

Here's some good news for Salman Rushdie's fans. A Delhi court ruled last week that India's three-decade-old ban on the import of the book, ‘The Satanic Verses’, has to be presumed to be non-existent. Following this, the then Rajiv Gandhi government banned the import of the Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie's "The Satanic Verses" for law-and-order reasons in 1988. In …

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Banana republics: People will always find ways to find what they desire

Times of India

I know what a ghost is, said an old woman in The Satanic Verses. But in the case of India’s 1988 ban of this Rushdie novel, has the ghost now been successfully exorcised? With govt respondents unable to produce a copy of the relevant notification, Delhi HC this week had “no other option except to presume that no such notification …

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India’s ban on Salman Rushdie’s ‘The Satanic Verses’ may ease now. Why has the book been so controversial?

Firstpost

Now, Salman Rushdie’s famous novel ‘The Satanic Verses’ may soon be available in India, 36 years after it was banned by the Rajiv Gandhi government. File image/Reuters Over 36 years ago, India banned Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses book, citing it to be blasphemous. Author Salman Rushdie poses with his 1988 book “The Satanic Verses”. Muslims demonstrate outside the New …

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Delhi High Court permits man to buy Satanic Verses after Centre fails to produce notification banning the book

The Hindu

The Delhi High Court has permitted a Delhi resident to lawfully procure the book titled The Satanic Verses by Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie after the Centre failed to produce a 1988 notification which banned the import of the controversial book. A Bench of Justices Rekha Palli and Saurabh Banerjee said the Centre had failed to produce a copy of …

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After Centre fails to produce notification banning Satanic Verses, Delhi HC permits man to buy book

The Hindu

The Delhi High Court has permitted a Delhi resident to lawfully procure the book titled The Satanic Verses by Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie after the Centre failed to produce a 1988 notification which banned the import of the controversial book. A Bench of Justices Rekha Palli and Saurabh Banerjee said the Centre had failed to produce a copy of …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Notice banning import of "The Satanic Verses" doesn't exist, petitioner free to import it: Delhi HC

Op India

An appeal against the alleged customs restriction in 1988 on the import of Indian-British writer Salman Rushdie’s “The Satanic Verses” was dismissed by the Delhi High Court on 5th November. The court highlighted, “In the light of the aforesaid circumstances, we have no other option except to presume that no such notification exists, and therefore, we cannot examine the validity …

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US writer Anne Applebaum appeals for arms for Ukraine as she accepts German peace prize

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Anne Applebaum Warns Against Pacifism in Ukraine, Urges Continued Support for the Country

Associated Press

US writer Anne Applebaum has accepted a prestigious German peace prize, arguing that pacifism in the face of aggression is often nothing more than appeasement. She made her appeal to an audience in Frankfurt, where she was awarded the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. Applebaum argued that the real lesson from German history should be that Germans 'have …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Jurors in trial of Salman Rushdie’s attacker likely won’t hear about his motive

Associated Press

MAYVILLE, N.Y. — Jurors picked for the trial of a man who severely injured author Salman Rushdie in a knife attack likely won’t hear about the fatwa that authorities have said motivated him to act, a prosecutor said Friday. “We’re not going there,” District Attorney Jason Schmidt said during a conference in preparation for the Oct. 15 start of Hadi …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Salman Rushdie, Percival Everett Among Finalists for 75th National Book Awards

Associated Press

The National Book Awards have announced the finalists for the 75th annual ceremony. The finalists in fiction include 'Knife,' 'James,' and 'All Fours,' while Percival Everett's 'James' is a Booker Prize finalist. In nonfiction, 'Knife' by Salman Rushdie and 'Soldiers and Kings' by Jason De León are nominated. In poetry, Anne Carson's 'Wrong Norma' and Fady Joudah's '(...)' are among …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Salman Rushdie endorses Kamala Harris: ‘Great to see Indian woman running for White House’

Hindustan Times

Mumbai-born author Salman Rushdie has endorsed Kamala Harris’s candidacy for the US presidency and said he believes she is the person who can prevent former president Donald Trump from dragging the country towards authoritarianism. Salman Rushdie on Sunday extended his support and endorsement of US Vice President Harris during a virtual ‘South Asian Men for Harris’ event attended by scores …

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5 months ago

Salman Rushdie's attacker faces federal terrorism charges

Hindustan Times

The man accused of attempting to kill author Salman Rushdie in New York two years ago now faces federal terrorism charges for his alleged support of Hezbollah, according to an indictment unsealed on Wednesday. Salman Rushdie's attacker faces federal terrorism charges The grand-jury indictment charges Hadi Matar, the New Jersey man already facing state murder and assault charges for a …

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Man who attacked Salman Rushdie charged with supporting terrorist group

Associated Press

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A man who severely injured author Salman Rushdie in a frenzied knife attack in western New York was motivated by a Hezbollah leader’s endorsement of a fatwa calling for Rushdie’s death, prosecutors said Wednesday in announcing new terrorism charges. “We allege that in attempting to murder Salman Rushdie in New York in 2022, Hadi Matar committed an …

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Man accused of attacking author Salman Rushdie is charged with supporting terrorist group

LA Times

Defense attorney Nathaniel Barone, left, and Hadi Matar, 24, listen during an arraignment in the Chautauqua County Courthouse in Mayville, N.Y., on Aug. 18, 2022. Matar, who is accused of severely injuring author Salman Rushdie in a knife attack in western New York, faces a new charge that he supported a terrorist group. A man accused of severely injuring author …

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Salman Rushdie's alleged assailant won't see author's private notes before trial

Hindustan Times

MAYVILLE, N.Y. — Author Salman Rushdie does not have to turn over private notes about his stabbing to the man charged with attacking him, a judge ruled Thursday, rejecting the alleged assailant’s contention that he is entitled to the material as he prepares for trial. Salman Rushdie's alleged assailant won't see author's private notes before trial Hadi Matar’s lawyers in …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie rejects plea deal involving terrorism charge

Associated Press

The man charged with stabbing author Salman Rushdie rejected a plea deal Tuesday that would have shortened his state prison term but exposed him to a federal terrorism-related charge, the suspect’s lawyer said. Hadi Matar, 26, has been held without bail since the 2022 attack, in which he is accused of stabbing Rushdie more than a dozen times and blinding …

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7 months ago

‘It’s problematic’, Salman Rushdie slams US students for supporting Hamas, warns, ‘a Palestinian state would be…’

Hindustan Times

Renowned novelist and New York University professor Salman Rushdie has strongly criticised US campus protesters advocating for a free Palestine. Salman Rushdie, who has argued for a Palestinian state for most of his life against student protests supporting Hamas. Salman Rushdie compares Hamas with Taliban Rushdie, who has long supported the idea of a Palestinian state, explained his current apprehensions. …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Alleged Rushdie attacker, awaiting trial in New York, could still face federal charges, lawyer says

Hindustan Times

MAYVILLE, N.Y. — The lawyer for the New Jersey man charged with stabbing author Salman Rushdie is in talks with county and federal prosecutors to try to resolve existing charges of attempted murder without a trial — as well as potential terrorism-related charges that could still be coming, he said Friday. Alleged Rushdie attacker, awaiting trial in New York, could …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Alleged Rushdie attacker, awaiting trial in New York, could still face federal charges, lawyer says

Associated Press

MAYVILLE, N.Y. — The lawyer for the New Jersey man charged with stabbing author Salman Rushdie is in talks with county and federal prosecutors to try to resolve existing charges of attempted murder without a trial — as well as potential terrorism-related charges that could still be coming, he said Friday. Barone said Matar faces up to 25 years in …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

The Hindu on Books newsletter | Nathan Thrall’s book on Palestine wins Pulitzer, Rushdie’s ‘Knife’ and more

The Hindu

Welcome to this edition of The Hindu on Books Newsletter. He was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2017 for his novel, cryptically called 4 3 2 1, the story of four lives, “made of the same genetic material.” In books, we read Salman Rushdie’s trauma memoir, Gurcharan Das on the perils of being a liberal in contemporary India, Percival …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Book Review | Knife-edge of an artist’s vision cuts through fear and loathing

Deccan Chronicle

On August 12, 2022, when Salman Rushdie was on stage to deliver a talk at Chautauqua in New York, a young man dressed all in black ran up to the 75-year-old author and started stabbing him repeatedly. Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder is not only Rushdie’s account of that violent act — it is also his way of “owning’’ …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

'Knife' book review: Chronicle of an attack retold

New Indian Express

The book’s tagline reads: meditations after an attempted murder. The opening line of Knife is hard to beat: “At a quarter to eleven on August 12, 2022, on a sunny Friday morning in upstate New York, I was attacked and almost killed by a young man with a knife just after I came out on stage at the amphitheater in …

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Review: Knife by Salman Rushdie

Hindustan Times

A poem cannot stop a bullet. * If one wishes to cogently grasp Salman Rushdie’s non-fiction arc — I would strongly recommend the readers to first read Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism 1981-1991; Step Across This Line: Collected Non-fiction 1992-2002; Language of Truth: Essays 2003-2020; and Joseph Anton: A Memoir in which he looks back on the fatwa, the death …

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10 notable books of 2024, from Sarah J. Maas to Melania Trump

After Delhi HC ruling, can you buy Salman Rushdie’s ‘The Satanic Verses’ in India now?

Banana republics: People will always find ways to find what they desire

India’s ban on Salman Rushdie’s ‘The Satanic Verses’ may ease now. Why has the book been so controversial?

Delhi High Court permits man to buy Satanic Verses after Centre fails to produce notification banning the book

After Centre fails to produce notification banning Satanic Verses, Delhi HC permits man to buy book

Notice banning import of "The Satanic Verses" doesn't exist, petitioner free to import it: Delhi HC

US writer Anne Applebaum appeals for arms for Ukraine as she accepts German peace prize

Anne Applebaum Warns Against Pacifism in Ukraine, Urges Continued Support for the Country

Jurors in trial of Salman Rushdie’s attacker likely won’t hear about his motive

Salman Rushdie, Percival Everett Among Finalists for 75th National Book Awards

Salman Rushdie endorses Kamala Harris: ‘Great to see Indian woman running for White House’

Salman Rushdie's attacker faces federal terrorism charges

Man who attacked Salman Rushdie charged with supporting terrorist group

Man accused of attacking author Salman Rushdie is charged with supporting terrorist group

Salman Rushdie's alleged assailant won't see author's private notes before trial

Man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie rejects plea deal involving terrorism charge

‘It’s problematic’, Salman Rushdie slams US students for supporting Hamas, warns, ‘a Palestinian state would be…’

Alleged Rushdie attacker, awaiting trial in New York, could still face federal charges, lawyer says

Alleged Rushdie attacker, awaiting trial in New York, could still face federal charges, lawyer says

The Hindu on Books newsletter | Nathan Thrall’s book on Palestine wins Pulitzer, Rushdie’s ‘Knife’ and more

Book Review | Knife-edge of an artist’s vision cuts through fear and loathing

'Knife' book review: Chronicle of an attack retold

Review: Knife by Salman Rushdie