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2012-01-22 19:56:26 UTC
Satanic Verses fills in for Salman Rushdie
By Geetanjali Jhala
DNA
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Jaipur - "It is sad for literature and all of us that we are still in
a state where a writer could be killed just because he comes to a
literary festival," Nigerian author Ben Okri told DNA at the DSC
Jaipur Literature Festival, reacting to Salman Rushdie's decision to
stay away from the event.
"I have now been informed by intelligence sources in Maharashtra and
Rajasthan that paid assassins from the Mumbai underworld may be on
their way to Jaipur to 'eliminate' me. While I have some doubts about
the accuracy of this intelligence, it would be irresponsible of me to
come to the festival in such circumstances; irresponsible to my
family, to the festival audience, and to my fellow writers," Rushdie
said in his statement to the organisers on Friday.
Author Hari Kunzru read out a passage from Rushdie's controversial
book The Satanic Verses. Amitava Kumar, who was on stage with Kunzru,
wondered out loud how Rushdie would react to this reading of his
book.
Kunzru later tweeted that Rushdie's absence from the festival is "a
stain on India's international reputation". There was palpable
indignation among authors at the festival. Okri said it was too bad
that India was still intolerant of different ideas.
Some Muslim groups had earlier called for a ban on his entry to
India. The organisers admitted that they were upset about the way
things panned out. Co-organiser William Dalrymple called the reaction
to Rushdie's book a "tragic game of Chinese whispers", implying that
those taking offence to the book had not understood what it was meant
to be. "But we do have 242 other authors, so go enjoy the festival,"
he said, adding that Rushdie would also participate via video link in
a day or two.
More at:
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_satanic-verses-fills-in-for-salman-rushdie_1640303
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
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By Geetanjali Jhala
DNA
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Jaipur - "It is sad for literature and all of us that we are still in
a state where a writer could be killed just because he comes to a
literary festival," Nigerian author Ben Okri told DNA at the DSC
Jaipur Literature Festival, reacting to Salman Rushdie's decision to
stay away from the event.
"I have now been informed by intelligence sources in Maharashtra and
Rajasthan that paid assassins from the Mumbai underworld may be on
their way to Jaipur to 'eliminate' me. While I have some doubts about
the accuracy of this intelligence, it would be irresponsible of me to
come to the festival in such circumstances; irresponsible to my
family, to the festival audience, and to my fellow writers," Rushdie
said in his statement to the organisers on Friday.
Author Hari Kunzru read out a passage from Rushdie's controversial
book The Satanic Verses. Amitava Kumar, who was on stage with Kunzru,
wondered out loud how Rushdie would react to this reading of his
book.
Kunzru later tweeted that Rushdie's absence from the festival is "a
stain on India's international reputation". There was palpable
indignation among authors at the festival. Okri said it was too bad
that India was still intolerant of different ideas.
Some Muslim groups had earlier called for a ban on his entry to
India. The organisers admitted that they were upset about the way
things panned out. Co-organiser William Dalrymple called the reaction
to Rushdie's book a "tragic game of Chinese whispers", implying that
those taking offence to the book had not understood what it was meant
to be. "But we do have 242 other authors, so go enjoy the festival,"
he said, adding that Rushdie would also participate via video link in
a day or two.
More at:
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_satanic-verses-fills-in-for-salman-rushdie_1640303
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
-----
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---------------------------------------------------------------------
As everyone knows, a goon is a bully or thug who terrorizes or tries
to do away with opposition.
"Myself, Mallu. Yourself?" (V. Bhattathiri) <***@gmail.com>
tries his best to be a bully -- telling others what and when to post,
where to post and where not to post, deliberately publishing lies
about others, stalking and abusing them with hate speech -- but fails
miserably. He is really stressed out, and like his lap dog Prem
Thomas (who currently posts as "P. Rajah" <***@this.com>, and issues
*death threats* to people), is priming himself for conditions such as
stroke and heart disease. Others in the Goon Squad include
Dayashankar M. Joshi "DMJoshi" <***@gmail.com> who displays
unquestioning obedience to Goon Squad thugs, and the instigator who
posts as "Bholu" <***@hotmail.com>
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owner. This material is being made available in efforts to advance the
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profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included
information for research, comment, discussion and educational purposes by
subscribing to USENET newsgroups or visiting web sites. For more information
go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml
If you wish to use copyrighted material from this article for purposes of
your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the
copyright owner.
Since newsgroup posts are being removed
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