Mamata ordered police to block my arrival in Kolkata: Rushdie
Controversial author Salman Rushdie today alleged that he was forced to cancel his trip to Kolkata after being threatened that he would be bundled out on the first flight by the police on orders from West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee.
Rushdie’s Kolkata visit cancelled over security concerns
A visit by controversial author Salman Rushdie here to promote Deepa Mehta’s film Midnight’s Children, based on his award-winning novel, was called off at the last minute over security concerns today, evoking strong reactions from cultural and literary circles.
Jaipur calls for free speech
Jaipur: After a raging row that forced Salman Rushdie to keep away last year, this year’s Jaipur Literature Festival kicked off to a peaceful start amidst tight security with overriding sentiments fa
Salman Rushdie was a great wit and flirt: Padma Lakshmi
Salman Rushdie and Padma Lakshmi’s marriage may have lasted only three years but the Top Chef host says they had great time together because the Booker prize winning author “was a great wit and flirt”
Rushdie, Le Carré bury the hatchet
The decades-long feud between British spy writer John le Carré and author Salman Rushdie has finally come to end just a year after Nobel laureate V.S.Naipaul ended a bitter feud with his former friend
India becoming prone to intolerance of freedom: Rushdie
India-born controversial author Salman Rushdie has turned his ire against his home country, saying that creative works of artists are increasingly being assaulted by religious groups.
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Inclusion of Rushdie books spark protests at Pak university
A Pakistani university's move to include India-born controversial author Salman Rushdie's two famous books 'Midnight's Children' and 'Shame' in additional courses for MPhil and PhD has drawn the ir
Muslims in India are being misled: Salman Rushdie
Acclaimed writer Salman Rushdie, author of the controversial ‘The Satanic Verses’ as also bestsellers like ‘Midnight's Children’ and ‘Shame’, on Saturday denounced ‘disgraceful vote bank politics’ bei
Now Pranab, Omar drop out of India Today Conclave
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday cancelled their participation at the India Today Conclave that is to be attended by controversial autho
Salman Rushdie in Delhi, attends function
Two months after he was forced to skip a literary fest in Jaipur, controversial writer Salman Rushdie on Saturday evening attended a function in the national capital amid tight security.
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