In 2012, going by the press coverage, the Jaipur Literature Festival had one guest who couldn't show up thanks to threats from fundamentalist Muslim groups, Salman Rushdie, and another guest, Oprah Winfrey, who did get there. This despite the very tangible presence of luminaries such as Michael Ondaatje, Richard Dawkins, Tom Stoppard, Lionel Shriver, Ben Okri, David Remnick, and a galaxy of others. ...
03:01 PM, Feb 14, 2013
Sanjoy Roy, the organiser of the Jaipur Film Festival also said that it was not enough to provide relief to Ashis Nandy by telling the police to not arrest him. The courts needed to do more, he said. ...
03:43 PM, Feb 01, 2013
Jaipur literature festival, which is set of kick off this week, has been marred by controversy with a group of Islamic clerics protesting the presence of authors who read from Salman Rushdie's banned book 'The Satanic Verses' in the 2012 edition of the festival. The clerics have said they don't want any of the four authors to take part in the annual festival this time. ...
07:45 PM, Jan 21, 2013
Amidst reports of threat to the Jaipur Literature Festival by Islamist groups and reportedly by members of the BJP and the RSS, the organiser of the event, Sanjoy Roy has said that the event will be held as per the schedule. ...
03:58 PM, Jan 21, 2013
New Delhi: Jaipur literature Festival organiser Sanjoy Roy has claimed that JLF organisers chose to call off controversial author Salman Rushdie's video link even after the Rajasthan police promised protection. While speaking exclusively to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, he admitted that it was the festival organisers who decided to call off the video conference with the author at the last minute despite the assurances of security given by the...
04:46 PM, Jan 29, 2012
New Delhi: Jaipur literature Festival organiser Sanjoy roy has claimed that JLF organisers chose to call off controversial author Salman Rushdie's video link even after the Rajasthan police promised protection. While speaking exclusively to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, he admitted that it was the festival organisers who decided to call off the video conference with the author at the last minute despite the assurances of security given by the...
07:56 AM, Jan 29, 2012
Jaipur: The planned video address by celebrated author Salman Rushdie at the Jaipur Literature Festival was scrapped at the last minute on Tuesday because of security fears. Expressing regret over a situation that he described as 'fairly idiotic', The festival producer Sanjoy Roy said "We are having to step down in a fight for the freedom of expression", before breaking down on stage. Rushdie video link cancellation: How the events...
11:37 PM, Jan 24, 2012
New Delhi/Jaipur: Disappointed over the cancellation of his video conference at the Jaipur Literature Festival, Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie called the decision 'awful'. "#JLF Videolink cancellation: awful...," Rushdie tweeted on Tuesday. Rushdie's live video conference at Jaipur Literature Festival was cancelled on Tuesday, following protests by Jaipur-based Milli Council. Several activists of the Milli Council arrived at the venue of the Festival at Diggi Palace on Tuesday afternoon, demanding...
06:49 PM, Jan 24, 2012
Jaipur: Rajasthan government have come to the rescue of the Jaipur Literature Festival. The Festiva; organisers and Rajasthan police are holding consultations with Milli Council activists over Salman Rushdie's video conferencing at the Festival. Sources in Rajasthan Home Ministry said Rushdie's video conference will go on and adequate security will be provided. Uncertainty over celebrated author Salman Rushdie's video conference at the Jaipur Lit Fest remains following protest by Milli...
02:21 PM, Jan 24, 2012
Jaipur: Noted author and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie will not break any law with his video address at the Jaipur Literature Festival, organisers said on Tuesday. Jaipur Literature Festival organiser Sanjoy Roy said that they will go ahead with the video link with Salman Rushdie at 3:45 pm on Tuesday and will continue for one hour. Roy said that the video link will be according to the law and...
11:53 AM, Jan 24, 2012
Jaipur: In a new twist to the controversy surrounding Salman Rushdie's video conference at the Jaipur Literature Festival, sources on Tuesday said the state authorities will allow him to speak but with certain conditions. Sources said that the Festival organisers have given a written insurance to the state authorities that Rushdie will not speak on or about 'The Satanic Verses'. The sources added that the state administration will control Rushdie's...
09:07 AM, Jan 24, 2012
Jaipur: First it was the suspense over whether he will attend the Jaipur Literature Festival, now it's whether Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie will be addressing the festival via videoconferencing. The video chat is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon but sources say the Rajasthan government is unlikely to allow it. Jaipur Police Commissioner BL Soni said, "We don't have have any information about any video conferencing with Salman Rushdie. We will...
07:14 AM, Jan 24, 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 Literature Festival organiser Sanjoy Roy said that the government has not asked them to cancel Salman Rushdie invitation. ...
04:00 PM, Jan 17, 2012
