Salman Rushdie Novel ‘The Satanic Verses’ Sold In India For First Time In 36 Years
deadline.comSalman Rushdie‘s novel ‘The Satantic Verses’ hadn’t been sold in India, the country of the author’s birth, for 36 years, until this week.
The novel, which forced the India-born author into hiding after its publication in 1988, has gone on sale at Bahrisons Booksellers in New Delhi, and the news has been met warmly by members of India’s publishing community.
According to The BBC and The Guardian, the book’s reappearance in India has come after a Delhi High Court ruled that its ban could be invalid as authorities seeking to keep it could not provide the relevant notification of the government’s original ban.
Though importing the book appears to remain illegal, publishing it is not and the ruling has clearly empowered the local publishing business to act.
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