Salman Rushdie, whose novel ‘The Satanic Verses’ drew dying threats from Iran’s chief within the Nineteen Eighties, was stabbed within the neck and stomach Friday by a person who hastened the stage because the creator was about to offer a lecture in western New York. A bloodied Rushdie, 75, was flown to a hospital and present process surgical procedure. His agent, Andrew Wylie, stated the author was on a ventilator, with a broken liver, severed nerves in an arm and an eye fixed he was more likely to lose. Police recognized the attacker as Hadi Matar, 24, of Fairview, New Jersey. Since the publication of The Satanic Verses in September 1988, Rushdie has confronted innumerable threats to his life. A have a look at the controversy across the e-bookRushdie’s life in hiding, and re-emergence in public life.
The ban on The Satanic Verses by the Rajiv Gandhi authorities in 1988 adopted its choice to bypass the Shah Bano judgment and to permit shilanyas at Babri Masjid, all seen as measures taken to placate completely different sectarian teams. Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, a staunch advocate of reforms in Muslim private legal guidelines, had give up the Rajiv authorities over its actions following the Shah Bano order. In an interview with The Indian Express, Khan talks in regards to the assault on Salman Rushdie and the rising development of violence within the title of blasphemy. Edited excerpts right here,
Since March this 12 months, when the Center was pressured to scrap the Par Tapi Narmada river linking mission following the tribals’ protests, the ruling BJP has been making intense efforts to woo tribals in Gujarat. With the Gujarat Assembly elections barely 4 months away, all main political events together with the comparatively new participant, the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), have intensified their bids to achieve out to the tribal communities, which make up almost 14 per cent of the state’s voters. Aditi Raja stories.
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Never have Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand skilled such poor monsoon rainfall within the final 122 years. As farmers within the two states await a very good spell to take up sowing, the administration is finalizing contingency plans. Food and water shortage are going to be the true points within the nation’s main rice producing states, with a possible to have an effect on India’s kharif produce this 12 months. But what are the explanations for the rain deficit and what ought to farmers do? We clarify,
Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated at an occasion on August 10 that there was “an attempt to spread black magic mentality”, however for the individuals making an attempt to take action, the “period of despair” wouldn’t finish regardless of the black garments. Modi named nobody, however was typically understood to have been referring to Congress leaders and supporters who had protested towards inflation and unemployment on August 5, sporting black garments. Why is black seen as a marker for issues that appear detrimental? How has ‘black’ been utilized in fashionable tradition and language? Read right here,
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
