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Silencing Salman Rushdie

Posted by: Supriya.Surya, 18. January 2012 - 10:02
Source: http://www.livemint.com
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Salman Rushdie delivering a lecture at a festival

Will he, or won’t he? At the time of writing, it remains unclear if Salman Rushdie will be present at the Jaipur Literature Festival later this month after what seems to have been a determined and intense behind-the-scenes effort to disinvite him from the festival.

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He will not be there on 20 January as previously scheduled, however, as the organizers have amended the programme to remove him from it.

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Jaipur Literature Festival, Salman Rushdie, Satanic Verses, Secularism
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