Satanic Verses
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Salman Rushdie attacker, who stabbed him on stage in New York, sentenced to 25 years in jail
World | May 16, 2025, 10:05 PM ISTHadi Matar, the man convicted of stabbing author Salman Rushdie on stage in 2022, was sentenced to 25 years in prison by a New York court. Matar, 27, attacked Rushdie during a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution, leaving the author blind in one eye.
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How many years to correct the mistake, Rushdie asks on Satanic Verses ban
World | Nov 29, 2015, 11:27 PM ISTNew Delhi: Hours after former Finance Minister P Chidambaram termed the ban on Salman Rushdie's book "Satanic Verses" as wrong, the author asked how many more years it would take to correct the "mistake".Rushdie's remarks
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Salman Rushdie is back, after 7 years with his new novel!
Lifestyle | Jan 31, 2015, 11:52 AM ISTBritish author Salman Rushdie, known worldwide for his contentious inscription, is in news again; this time for his new novel, which is to be released in September this year.Rushdie is back and yes the Indian-born
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Salman Rushdie, threatened over book, defends free speech
World | Jan 15, 2015, 07:20 AM ISTVermont: Author Salman Rushdie, who lived for years under a death threat after his 1988 book “The Satanic Verses” drew the wrath of Iranian religious leaders, said Wednesday the right to free speech is absolute
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At a glance: Books that have been banned in India
India | Dec 04, 2014, 11:47 AM ISTNew Delhi: Freedom of speech and expression is an integral part of our constitution but the governments of the day have always taken the stand that this freedom can't be absolute and that one has