Author Salman Rushdie, in an exclusive interview with CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose, has said that his enemies never had a point, and that they were wrong. The noted author feels that in the Muslim world, there has been an attempt to demonise him, and it has been successful.
However, Rushdie pointed that it was not an issue about just the Muslims, saying that the intolerance among the Hindus was as bad as that among the Muslims.
Here is the full text of the interview:
Sagarika Ghose: Hello and welcome to the CNN-IBN special. He has been called one of the greatest literary voices of our time. He lived for 9 years under a Fatwa which ordered his execution. He is immensely popular, also controversial and he has just published his long awaited memoir Joseph Anton....
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11:00 PM, Sep 17, 2012
Author Salman Rushdie, in an interview with CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose, has said that the idea of the holy war seems to be growing popular amongst the youth in economically disadvantaged economies as they are largely unemployed with no means of a good life and jihad gives them a sense of direction. Rushdie's comments come at a time when anti-US protests have rocked the Middle East, and even some...
07:41 AM, Sep 17, 2012
Kanpur: Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, who was arrested on sedition charges, on Sunday said he would continue to draw cartoons that raise issues like corruption, as people in large numbers thronged the railway station here to receive him. Trivedi, who belongs to Shuklaganj in adjoining Unnao district, was received by his parents and hordes of supporters who took him in a procession to his hometown. The cartoonist, arrested on September 8...
10:40 PM, Sep 16, 2012
Former Supreme Court judge and Chairman of the Press Council, Justice Markandey Katju has slammed the politicians and the police for taking action against cartoonist Aseem Trivedi over some of his work that depicted Parliament as a commode and the national emblem with wolves instead of lions. Slamming the Mumbai Police, Justice Katju said that this was wrongful arrest, a crime punishable by law. Speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's...
07:29 AM, Sep 16, 2012
Mumbai: The Mumbai police have formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by an Assistant Commissioner of Police to probe the case of cartoonist Aseem Trivedi and also review the sedition charges slapped on him. "The case has now been handed over to the SIT headed by ACP GT Padwal. Earlier, it was probed by policemen of Bandra Kurla police station where the case was registered. Going by the importance...
05:48 PM, Sep 13, 2012
Cartoonist and anti-corruption activist Aseem Trivedi is out on bail. But the government is yet to drop the sedition charge slapped against him. ...
10:09 PM, Sep 12, 2012
New Delhi: Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, who is facing the charge of sedition among others, on Wednesday said he had not done anything wrong and vowed to intensify his campaign for scrapping of the sedition law. "I want to awaken people. Government is not listening to us. There was a countrywide protest for a strong Lokpal bill. We had to make such cartoons to awaken the government," he said. While speaking...
09:44 PM, Sep 12, 2012
Speaking to CNN-IBN Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai, Aseem Trivedi said he had not done anything wrong. ...
08:09 PM, Sep 12, 2012
Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, booked on the charge of sedition, on Wednesday walked out of Arthur Road Jail, a day after being granted bail by the Bombay High Court. ...
05:14 PM, Sep 12, 2012
Mumbai: Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, booked on the charge of sedition, on Wednesday walked out of Arthur Road Jail, a day after being granted bail by the Bombay High Court. Trivedi also wants the sedition law to be scrapped. "I will cooperate in court cases. Section 124 (A) should be removed from the Indian Constitution," said the Kanpur-based Trivedi. Trivedi thanked India Against Corruption member Arvind Kejrwial for his support and...
03:59 PM, Sep 12, 2012
Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Wednesday came out in support of jailed cartoonist Aseem Trivedi but also gave him a sharp rap on the knuckles. While contending that the sedition charge slapped by Mumbai police on the cartoonist was a bit too much, Thackeray also pulled up Trivedi for his cartoons mocking the Indian national emblem, constitution and Parliament. In an editorial in the party mouthpiece Saamna, Thackeray...
02:07 PM, Sep 12, 2012
Mumbai: Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi has finally agreed to accept bail. He is currently at the Arthur Road jail in Mumbai and is expected to be released later on Wednesday. Aseem earlier refused to apply for bail till sedition charges were dropped against him. However, a bail was granted on Tuesday with a personal bond of Rs 5,000. Later, the cartoonist said, "I respect judiciary, will execute the bail bond tomorrow."...
07:44 AM, Sep 12, 2012
Mumbai: Hours after refusing to take the bail granted by the Bombay High Court, cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, arrested on the charges of mocking Parliament and the National Emblem, on Tuesday evening said that he would accept it and execute the bond on Wednesday. The cartoonist said, "I respect judiciary, will execute the bail bond tomorrow." This came hours after the cartoonist was granted bail by the Bombay High Court on...
10:00 PM, Sep 11, 2012
Mumbai: Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, arrested on the charges of mocking Parliament and the National Emblem, has been granted bail by the Bombay High Court on a personal bond of Rs 5,000. But Aseem Trivedi told the court that he was not taking the bail as the sedition charge under Indian Penal Code Section 124 (A) against him had not yet been dropped. Aseem Trivedi had made it clear on Monday...
06:10 PM, Sep 11, 2012
New Delhi: After the arrest of cartoonist Aseem Trivedi under sedition charges, it has become important to understand what is and can be construed as sedition and how it is different from treason. Sedition is an overt subversive act which leads to incitement against status quo or authority or order. It is a challenge to the establishment. It may be a book, a painting, an idea, a speech, pretty much...
10:35 AM, Sep 11, 2012
Mumbai: Even as the debate over cartoonist Aseem Trivedi's arrest continues, the Mumbai Police maintains that cartoonists must know their limits. Mumbai Police Commissioner Dr Satyapal Singh has said, "I can't say if the charges will be dropped or not. We don't need him anymore for the investigation. This is not a big case. I would like to give a message to artists and cartoonists that they should not cross...
07:39 AM, Sep 11, 2012
Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi refuses bail till the sedition law is repealed, sent to jail till the September 24. ...
11:41 PM, Sep 10, 2012
New Delhi: The arrest of Aseem Trivedi on sedition charges for his cartoons on Monday gave BJP fresh ammunition to target the UPA, even as the government said it was against censorship but wanted citizens to respect national symbols. BJP alleged that while the UPA government was involved in corruption cases like coal mines allocation, it was attacking democratic institutions and free speech as seen in the targeting of the...
10:51 PM, Sep 10, 2012
New Delhi: Defiant cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, who was arrested on sedition and two other charges for mocking Parliament and the National Emblem, on Monday refused to apply for bail even as the police said that they did not want his custody any more. The cartoonist said that he would not apply for a bail till the charge of sedition against him was dropped, calling his action a party of the...
10:39 PM, Sep 10, 2012
Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi has decided not to apply for bail and wants the sedition charge to be dropped first. ...
09:15 PM, Sep 10, 2012
