I had no idea reading from The Satanic Verses is a crime: Dalrymple

To protest Salman Rushdie’s absence from the Jaipur Literature Fest, writers Amitava Kumar and Jeet Thayil read out from Salman Rushdie’s Banned book The Satanic Verses of 0n 20 January. They were asked to stop and later the organisers distanced themselves from the incident, claiming support for free speech but within the four pillars of India’s laws. Firstpost’s Sandip Roy sat down with festival co-director William Dalrymple to get a sense of what really transpired. Excerpts from an interview.

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