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1 year ago    |   Tags: jaipur sri lanka rushdie literature galle freedom of expression   |   Notes: 1
How Two South Asian Literary Festivals Are Defining the Role of the Writer

How Two South Asian Literary Festivals Are Defining the Role of the Writer

Source: The Huffington Post

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1 year ago    |   Tags: rushdie freedom of expression jaipur free speech   |   Notes: 2

Fantastic article on Jaipur festival in India by Salil Tripathi, author and member of English PEN

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1 year ago    |   Tags: jaipur rushdie freedom of expression free speech hari kunzru india   |   Notes: 1

Hari Kunru on his protest reading in honor of Salman Rushdie at the Jaipur festival.

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1 year ago    |   Tags: salman rushdie jaipur india pen american center fiction human rights free expression   |   Notes: 11

PEN Statement on Salman Rushdie’s Withdrawal from Lit Fest After Death Threats

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1 year ago    |   Tags: rushdie jaipur literary festival india human rights pen   |   Notes: 9

"It shows a shocking lack of vision and integrity… Easily what many people do is ban or burn or stop, which in a country that boasts of diversity of opinion, is ridiculous and unacceptable….And this is not only about this case, today it is an A group of organisations, tomorrow it will be another.
- Sanjoy K. Roy, Jaipur Literary Festival Producer"

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Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com