Why the sale of Salman Rushdie’s ‘The Satanic Verses’ in India has sparked a new row
Delhi’s Bahrisons Booksellers are selling a ’limited stock’ of Salman Rushdie’s controversial novel ‘The Satanic Verses’. It will be available in Pune soon. However, the development has been criticised by some Muslim organisations.
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The renewed sale of the controversial book has been strongly condemned by a section of Muslim organisations in India, who have appealed to the central government to reinstate the ban on it.
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Salman Rushdie Novel ‘The Satanic Verses’ Sold In India For First Time In 36 Years
Manasi Subramaniam, Editor-in-Chief at Penguin Random House India, posted a line from the book in which Rushdie writes, “Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought, to speak it, and by doing so to make it true.” She added: “At long last. @SalmanRushdie’s The Satanic Verses is allowed to be sold in India after a 36-year ban.”
Salman Rushdie’s Satanic Verses On Indian Bookshelves After 35 Years
NEW DELHI – Salman Rushdie’s controversial 1988 novel The Satanic Verses has made its way back to Indian bookshops, decades after being banned for sparking riots and outrage over its alleged blasphemy. The return of the novel, long shrouded in controversy, is tied not to a debate about free speech but to missing government paperwork.
As Salman Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses' now available in India, Muslim organisations express outrage
The Satanic Verses', banned in 1988, reappears in India. Muslim groups urge government to reinstate ban, citing offence to sentiments. Available at Bahrisons Booksellers.
Salman Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses' returns to India after 36 years. Here's why
The Satanic Verses, which was banned under the Rajiv Gandhi government, is available at Delhi's Bahrisons Booksellers.
Salman Rushdie’s ‘The Satanic Verses’ stirs controversies, again, upon return to India after 36 years
While the book has generated significant interest from readers, publishers, and authors alike, many other bookstores have decided not to import it. This selective availability has added to the growing discussions around its release.
Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses hits Delhi bookstores after 36-year ban
Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses, priced at Rs 1,999, is only available at Bahrisons Booksellers stores across Delhi-NCR.
​Return Of Satanic Verses: Time A Reason For Muted Response?
How do you explain the lack of street protests and the silence of political groups as one of the most controversial books published in independent India -Salman Rushdie’s 1988 novel 'The Satanic Verses' – returns to the country's bookshops after being banned for 36 years?
Rushdie's Satanic Verses Selling in India After 36 Years
Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses is being sold again in his native India nearly four decades after it was banned, reports the Times of India. A court lifted the ban put in place in 1988 for an unusual reason,
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