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• Salman Rushdie controversy at the Jaipur Literature Festival, 2012

  
  ouno — Authority: 99
  This is a bit divorced from design—apologies. But design touches every other sphere in the human Venn diagram, if there were such a thing. (See the About section in the sidebar.) I attended the Jaipur Literature Festival this past week, and for reasons that have to do with Rushdie and also have nothing to do with ...
  19 hours ago

• Hindus offended by lack of offence: Sajan Venniyoor

  
  Kafila — Authority: 535
  Guest post by SAJAN VENNIYOOR In the first few weeks of the year 2012, when members of the Muslim, Christian and Sikh communities were successively offended and humiliated, Hindus are feeling left out. Even as the Hindu community was reeling under the refusal by a Russian court to ban the Hare Krishna version of the ...
  1 day ago

• India Ink: A Conversation With: Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 867
  Salman Rushdie has "every right" to come to this country, Jaipur protestors were wrong, top Muslim leader says.
  2 days ago

• Rushdie: Listen to what the good doctor says

  
  churumuri — Authority: 414
  Looking at all the shrieking and shouting on television (and reading the newspapers), it would seem as if the only people who have a view on the major debates of the day are: a) party spokesman with an agenda, b) fundamentalists with an agenda, c) party spokesmen and fundamentalists with an agenda masquerading ...
  2 days ago

• Google+ and Pseudonyms: A Step in the Right Direction, Not the End of the Road

  
  News Worldwide — Authority: 465
  Google+ and Pseudonyms: A Step in the Right Direction, Not the End of the Road Nearly four months after first announcing it would support pseudonyms, Google rolled out changes to the account creation process for Google+ yesterday. The changes will allow users the option of choosing a nickname/alternate name to ...
  4 days ago

• Media condemn Rushdie treatment

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 163
  http://www.bbc.co.uk Media condemn Rushdie treatment Indian media criticise the government for failing to ensure the security of author Salman Rushdie after threats of violence kept him away from a literary festival. published date:Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:54:13 GMT
  4 days ago

• Rushdie should have been allowed to come: Jaitley (Lead, changing dateline)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  Jalandhar, Jan 24 (IANS) Slamming the government for “bowing to fundamentalists”, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley Tuesday said controversial author Salman Rushdie should have been allowed to come to India.A much awaited video address by Rushdie at the Jaipur Literature Festival was called off ...
  5 days ago

• India Ink: Threat of Violence Quashes Even Virtual Rushdie Appearance

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 867
  The authors very image is "intolerable," Muslim groups say.
  5 days ago

• Rushdie’s address called off amid security threat (Second Lead)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  Jaipur, Jan 24 (IANS) Hours of suspense climaxed Tuesday when a much awaited video address by author Salman Rushdie at the Jaipur Literature Festival was called off following protests by some Muslim groups. The decision caused deep disappointment among writers, organisers and visitors alike who called it a slap on ...
  5 days ago

• Forget religion, get 21st century morals: Richard Dawkins

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  Jaipur, Jan 24 (IANS) Salman Rushdie may not be here, but the shadow of god looms large over the Jaipur Literature Festival, with philosopher and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins dismissing god as a “computer virus” and asserting that we are what we are because of genes and evolutionary history.“If you ...
  5 days ago

• India Ink: Intel About Rushdie Threats Was Real, Rajasthan Says

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 163
  http://www.nytimes.com/ India Ink: Intel About Rushdie Threats Was Real, Rajasthan Says Rajasthan officials say they received several warnings about threats against Salman Rushdie’s life. published date:Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:07:54 GMT
  5 days ago

• Lit festival ends with further controversy

  
  Union of Catholic Asian News — Authority: 480
  The Jaipur Literature Festival ended amid further controversy over the involvement of Salmon Rushdie, whose scheduled appearance by video link was cancelled this afternoon for security reason. Ram Pratap, owner of the festival’s venue, Diggi Palace, took the stage prior to Rushdie’s video appearance and said he ...
  5 days ago

• Rushdie address called off as Muslims threaten trouble (Lead)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  Jaipur, Jan 24 (IANS) The video address by “The Satanic Verses” author Salman Rushdie at the DSC Jaipur Literary Festival was called off Tuesday as some of the dozens of Muslims gathered outside the venue threatened trouble and even bloodshed if the address by a “criminal writer” went ahead.“In view of the ...
  5 days ago

• Rushdie’s address at Jaipur LitFest cancelled

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  Jaipur, Jan 24 (IANS) The video address by “The Satanic Verses” author Salman Rushdie at the DSC Jaipur Literary Festival Tuesday has been cancelled, a police official said.“In view of the resentment simmering in the city against Rushdie’s (proposed) address, we have told the organisers that they cannot allow ...
  5 days ago

• Muslims threaten trouble if Rushdie speaks

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  Jaipur, Jan 24 (IANS) Minutes before Salman Rushdie was to speak to the Jaipur Literary Festival via video link, dozens of Muslims started praying in the courtyard of the Diggi Palace. Some of them threatened trouble and even bloodshed if the address by a “criminal writer” went ahead.“Every mazhab (religion) ...
  5 days ago

• Who is a Good Muslim?

  
  Techno-Guru - Latest Technology News India, Latest Breaking Bollywood News of India, Online Shopping — Authority: 133
  “I think all the writers are very sad that Salman Rushdie wasn’t able to come,” says Bangladeshi novelist Tahmima Anam, “This incident has raised the issue that the book is still banned in India after all these years and the chances of it being unbanned are quite slim.” Author of The Good Muslim, Anam is no ...
  5 days ago

• India Ink: Intel About Rushdie Threats Was Real, Rajasthan Says

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 867
  Rajasthan officials say they received several warnings about threats against Salman Rushdies life.
  5 days ago

• Fresh shadow on Rushdie’s address after protests (Second Lead)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  Jaipur, Jan 24 (IANS) The flip-flop continues. A much awaited video address by controversial author Salman Rushdie at the Jaipur Literature Festival Tuesday afternoon came under a cloud again following protests by Muslim groups at the venue.Organisers and police were still discussing the prospects of the ...
  5 days ago

• One question Barkha Dutt should ask Rushdie

  
  churumuri — Authority: 414
  After five days of dominating the Jaipur literary festival without even stepping foot in it, Sir Salman Rushdie will bring the curtain down on the final day; he will address the gabfest by a video link with NDTV anchor Barkha Dutt as his interrogator/interlocutor. These five days have been a signal lesson in ...
  5 days ago

• Isn’t It A Real Shame Salman Rushdie Can’t Return Home Even In The 21st Century?

  
  Lasting Rose — Authority: 400
  Even Oprah Winfrey could be in India for the much celebrated Jaipurliterary festival to see the calm beneath the chaos that is Indiawhen Rushdie ,a celebrated and invited guest and author was forced to stay away. There is an auspicious time for almost everything in India.Then there is elections one need to ...
  6 days ago

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