Hartosh Singh Bal
Cynical Congressmen and supine litfest organisers script a dangerous farce
With Rushdie, the government has again chosen the cowardice of practicality over the courage of morality
‘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?
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