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The tale of a Salman Rushdie book and the restriction it faced in India for 36 years

By Economic Times - 2 weeks ago
India lifted a long-standing restriction on Salman Rushdie's controversial novel, "The Satanic Verses," which was originally banned in 1988 due to concerns about communal tensions. The ban's removal, attributed to the inability to locate the original notification, highlights the arbitrary nature of such restrictions and their detrimental effect on India's liberal image.

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