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This was for the sixth time that the bail plea of Khalid, charged under the controversial and draconian UAPA Act, was rejected; excluding the multiple adjournments.

Umar Khalid: How the voice of dissent became an echo chamber

September 8, 2025, 03:11 PM - 7 min read

As the time goes by, Khalid, the current poster boy of dissent in India, gathers more influence, a form of soft cultural power.

Translation — gateway to global cultural understanding

July 3, 2025, 03:09 PM - 7 min read

Local languages are becoming an important tool of identity and cultural assertion due to their superior literary expressions.

Hadi Matar had publicly stabbed author Salman Rushdie during a public event in 2022.

Rushdie attacker refuses to testify as trial nears end

February 21, 2025, 08:47 AM - 2 min read

Hadi Matar, accused of stabbing author Salman Rushdie in 2022, declined to testify in his defence as his lawyers rested their case without calling any witnesses. The trial in Chautauqua County Court is nearing its conclusion, with closing arguments set for Friday before the jury begins deliberations.

Sweden shooting kills Salwan Momika, Quran burning accused.

Salwan Momika, man who burnt Quran, shot dead in Sweden

January 30, 2025, 04:14 PM - 2 min read

Salwan Momika, an Iraqi refugee in Sweden known for his controversial Quran burnings, was shot dead in Sodertalje, a city near Stockholm. His death occurred just a day before a court verdict on charges of inciting ethnic hatred.

Salman Rushdie holds a copy of the newly-published paperback version of his controversial novel “The Satatanic Verses”, during a speech in Arlington, Virginia on March 24, 1992. India was one of the first countries to ban the book’s import and sale, citing concerns over its content being offensive to the Muslim community

Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses' back in India after 36 years

December 25, 2024, 04:08 PM - 3 min read

Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses, banned in India for 36 years, is back on shelves, sparking mixed reactions due to its controversial legacy, literary significance, and high price.

Import ban on Rushdies The Satanic Verses lifted in India after 36 years.

Rushdie’s 'Satanic Verses': 36-year-old ban in India revoked

November 8, 2024, 06:46 PM - 5 min read

The Indian import ban on Salman Rushdie's controversial novel The Satanic Verses, which had been in place for over three decades, is now on the verge of being lifted. This decision comes after a series of events that unfolded in a Delhi high court, where the Indian government conceded that it could not locate the original order imposing the ban.

‘Knife’— Salman Rushdie’s memoir recollects 2022 stabbing episode

April 16, 2024, 02:04 PM - 2 min read

In the book, Rushdie laments about him taking no action to protect himself from the assailant.