After a 36-year ban, celebrated author Salman Rushdie's controversial novel 'The Satanic Verses' has quietly returned to India.
The go-ahead by Delhi High Court to release Satanic Verses, the controversial book written by Salman Rushdie, has stirred the political pot. The book was banned by the Rajiv Gandhi government in 1988 after outrage over it as parts of it were considered blasphemous. It was considered to be a knee-jerk and regressive step by the Rajiv Gandhi government after the Shah Bano case.
The Rajiv Gandhi govt had justified saying that the book was not banned but its import was stopped. This failed to placate his critics.
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