Writer and lyricist Prasoon Joshi spoke in reaction to the Rushdie episode. ...
06:16 PM, Jan 21, 2012
Writer-diplomat Pavan Varma talks about Rushdie's absence from the festival and why we need to look at this from a different perspective, especially as compared to the MF Husain case. ...
06:11 PM, Jan 21, 2012
Bollywood actress and author Deepti Naval who is present at the Jaipur Literature Festival said a ban of any kind on any creative person is not acceptable. ...
05:41 PM, Jan 21, 2012
Noted writer Namita Devidayal expressed deep shock at Rushdie not being able to attend the festival. ...
05:23 PM, Jan 21, 2012
Writer Jaishree Misra says she expected Salman Rushdie to not attend the Jaipur Literature Festival. ...
05:18 PM, Jan 21, 2012
William Dalrymple, co-director of the Jaipur Literature Festival talks about Rushdie's work and expresses his desire to see Rushdie attend the festival in the coming years. ...
05:07 PM, Jan 21, 2012
William Dalrymple, co-director of the Jaipur Literature Festival talks about Rushdie's work and expresses his desire to see Rushdie attend the festival in the coming years. ...
05:07 PM, Jan 21, 2012
Pulitzer prize winner David Remnick speaks about Barack Obama's biography and Salman Rushdie's absence from the Jaipur Literature Festival. ...
01:37 PM, Jan 21, 2012
Mumbai: Adding a new twist to the controversy over Salman Rushdie's participation in the Jaipur Literature Festival, sources in Mumbai Police denied giving any inputs about paid assassins. The sources countered the Booker-winning author's claim that paid assassins were out to get him. The sources told CNN-IBN there were no intelligence inputs about a threat to Rushdie and that they gave no inputs regarding paid assassins eyeing Rushdie. BJP Leader...
12:23 PM, Jan 21, 2012
Jaipur: The controversy over celebrated author Salman Rushdie's participation in the Jaipur Literature Festival has refused to die down. The organisers have now distanced themselves from authors who read Rushdie's banned book 'Satanic Verses' as a mark of protest on Friday. Talking to CNN-IBN, festival producer Sanjoy Roy said, "We have no doubt the authors did it in the best of intentions in the best possible way. As organisers, unfortunately,...
10:55 AM, Jan 21, 2012
Jaipur: The suspense over Salman Rushdie's participation in the Jaipur Literature Festival ended on Friday, but the row over his absence didn't. Authors Hari Kunzru and Amitava Kumar read out a passage from his banned book the 'Satanic Verses' to lodge their protest over Rushdie's absence before they were stopped by the organisers of the festival. An hour later, writer Ruchir Joshi and poet Jeet Thayil repeated the act of...
07:27 AM, Jan 21, 2012
New Delhi: Salman Rushdie may have decided to give Jaipur Literature Festival a miss but those already at Jaipur are getting ready to catch a glimpse of talk-show queen Oprah Winfrey. Oprah is expected to attend the festival on Saturday and the reports say that she will be wearing a saree again. Oprah bought the saree from fashion designer Sabyasachi on Wednesday. Oprah is also likely to be doing an...
06:08 AM, Jan 21, 2012
Jaipur: Outrage and resentment were the dominant emotions on the first day of the Jaipur Literature Festival on Friday as writers, intellectuals and fans cried foul over Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie calling off his visit in view of threat to his life following protests by Islamic groups opposed to his visit. Pakistan-based writer Mohammed Hanif, the author of "The Case of Exploding Mangoes" and "The Lady of Alice Bhatti",...
02:51 AM, Jan 21, 2012
Jaipur: After days of uncertainty over his presence, and threats from fringe groups, controversial author Salman Rushdie decided to stay away from the Jaipur Literature Festival this year. However, several writers at the festival lodged their protests on the opening day. As mark of their protest, writers Hari Kunzru and Amitava Kumar read out a passage from The Satanic Verses, Rushdie's banned book. The writers were later stopped by the...
09:01 PM, Jan 20, 2012
Abhishek Manu Singhvi also criticised writers' plans to protest by reading from Salman Rushdie's banned book The Satanic Verses. ...
09:01 PM, Jan 20, 2012
Girish Karnad has held the Rajasthan government responsible for Salman Rushdie skipping the Jaipur Lit Fest. ...
07:07 PM, Jan 20, 2012
Jaipur: An apple green sari with an embroidered black choli is what celebrity talk show host Oprah Winfrey will wear to a dinner at the City Palace as part of the DSC Jaipur Literature Festival. And none other than Sabyasachi Mukherjee has designed it for her. "I am making her wear a sari because Oprah wanted to wear something Indian and special. She loves apple green. We have designed an...
05:26 PM, Jan 20, 2012
Oprah Winfrey is currently in India to shoot her new show and she's also participating in the ongoing Jaipur Literature Festival. ...
05:26 PM, Jan 20, 2012
Jaipur: Celebrated author Salman Rushdie will not attend the Jaipur Literature Festival, which began in Rajasthan's capital on Friday. Rushdie issued a statement through the organisers of the festival saying that he will not be coming to the event. "Very sad not to be at jaipur. I was told bombay mafia don issued weapons to 2 hitmen to "eliminate" me. Will do video link instead. Damn," Rushdie tweeted. Jaipur Literature...
02:11 PM, Jan 20, 2012
Jaipur: The Jaipur Literature Festival began on Friday with an impressive line-up of Indian and international authors. However, uncertainty prevailed over the visit of controversial author Salman Rushdie. The Rajasthan police have been taking no chances and have tightened the security in and around Diggi Palace, the festival venue. In a first, there is CCTV monitoring of the festival and registration has been made mandatory. Festival director William Dalrymple said,...
12:43 PM, Jan 20, 2012
