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Freedom of expression is simply the flip side of the coin of freedom of religion. And the Indian political establishment, constitutionally bound to be secular, needs to uphold both. But the creation of a controversy over Salman Rushdie's participation in the Jaipur literary festival once again gives us cause to ponder the robustness of our secular polity. Seemingly with an eye on UP elections next month, political parties have been leveraging the Darul Uloom Deoband's emotive call to prevent Rushdie from attending the Jaipur festival, because of a book he wrote a quarter of a century ago.

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