Salman Rushdie’s novel ‘The Satantic Verses’ hadn’t been sold in India, the country of the author’s birth, for 36 years, until this week. The novel, which forced the India-born author into hiding after its publication in 1988,

Delhi court allows sales of divisive novel that sent Sir Salman into hiding for a decade after officials lose the original banning order

How do you explain the lack of street protests and the silence of political groups as one of the most controversial books published in independent India -Salman Rushdie’s 1988 novel 'The Satanic Verses' – returns to the country's bookshops after being banned for 36 years?

Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses is being sold again in his native India nearly four decades after it was banned, reports the Times of India. A court lifted the ban put in place in 1988 for an unusual reason,

Maulana Yasood Abbas of the All India Shia Personal Law Board (AISPLB) emphasised the importance of maintaining respect for Muslim sentiments.

Another controversy in tow? Salman Rushdie’s controversial novel The Satanic Verses has quietly made its return to India 36 years after it was banned by the Rajiv Gandhi government. A "limited stock" of the book,

The Satanic Verses' by Salman Rushdie makes a controversial comeback in India, reigniting debates about censorship, freedom of expression, and political accountability linked to Rajiv Gandhi's past actions.