Hyderabad, Feb 5: Milad-un-Nabi, the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammed, was celebrated Sunday with gaiety and fervor in Hyderabad and other parts of Andhra Pradesh. Meetings, rallies, feeding of the poor, blood donation camps and mahafil-e-milads or

In 1984, criticizing George Orwell for having advocated political quietism to writers, Salman Rushdie asserted that "we are all irradiated by history, we are radioactive wi

Today, I am sad to say, is a bleak day for Indian literature. We heard earlier from Gurcharan Das, Alex Watson and Oscar Pujol about the place that doubt, dissent and argumentation held in the very origins of Indian thought [this is a reference to an ear

On Friday, over lunch, I heard the news that Salman Rushdie would not be attending the Jaipur Literature Festival. His visit had been in doubt for some time. Initially, we had been scheduled to have a conversation on stage that afternoon, but since Maula

Chetan Bhagat takes a swing at the contro­versia­l author. Author Salman Rushdie will not be attending the Jaipur Festival. PHOTO:FILE Bhagat, whose five novels have sold around six million copies, condemned the banning of texts at the Jaipur Literature

New Delhi: Salman Rushdie's absence at the Jaipur Literature Festival has turned into a full-blown political battle, with the BJP alleging that the entire controversy has been created keeping UP election in mind, while All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslim