Sir Salman is considered a controversial figure in India where his 1988 book The Satanic Verses remains banned.

BBC: Salman Rushdie

The UK-based author is considered a controversial figure in India - where his 1988 book The Satanic Verses remains banned.

BBC: India

" Salman Rushdie is a novelist whose works include "Midnight's Children, " which won the Booker Prize, and "The Satanic Verses.

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The author's 1988 book The Satanic Verses remains banned in India.

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Writers and painters seem to pick up the gauntlet only when pushed to the wall or when under a spotlight (why did a petition by India's writers to the government to lift the ban on The Satanic Verses come 23 years after the book was banned?).

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