Salman Rushdie

“Terms like ‘holy war’ should not be tossed around”

Hartosh Singh Bal

When Roy writes, ‘The youth, in preparation to an attack, marked each venue by reading from their prayer books in an act most of us are familiar with as a precursor to a holy war or fight’, he comes close to demonising a community.

“Seniormost maulana threatened jihad at Jaipur”

Sanjoy K Roy

Jaipur Literature Festival’s producer Sanjoy K Roy takes exception to a piece we ran on the litfest and Salman Rushdie affair

The Rushdie Affair and the Hand of the Congress

Hartosh Singh Bal

Cynical Congressmen and supine litfest organisers script a dangerous farce

For a Moment of Statesmanship

Manu Joseph

With Rushdie, the government has again chosen the cowardice of practicality over the courage of morality

Oh, for a Book to Ban!

Hartosh Singh Bal

‘Satanic Verses’ was banned 20 years ago. In all the navel-gazing contemporary Indian fiction, where’s the book that has the power to offend?

‘Yes, I Don’t Like Pakistan’

Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie speaks of a failure called Pakistan, and why his lawyer told him proving Indira Gandhi was not of good character was the only way to save his skin