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Champions of 'Freedom of Expression' stand to get exposed as Salman Rushdie plans arrival to India
It could not have come for a worse time than this. Yesterday,
India celebrated 'Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas' that is NRI day. And, a
British Indian of International fame, a Booker Prize winning
author, a son with Indian roots, Sir Salman Rushdie got invited for
the Jaipur Literature Festival starting January 20th.
Salman Rushdie's 2nd book Midnight's Children had won the Booker
Prize in 1981. However, his 4th book, The Satanic Verses was banned
in India and several other countries under Islamic dominance for an
alleged blasphemy against the Islamic Prophet. Even fatwahs were
issued against him.
सलमान रश्दी की भारत यात्रा - 'अभिव्यक्ति की स्वतंत्रता' के
ठेकेदारों की पोल खुलेगी
Interestingly, those who championed 'Freedom of Expression' when it
came to the nude paintings of Hindu deities, especially female
deities, painted by M F Hussain (who's a Padma Vibhushan, Padma
Bhushan and Padma Shri), had become spectacularly mute when his
book was banned. He visited India twice after that, with high
security.
Now, his this visit comes in the backdrop of UP elections. Darul
Uloom Devband, which could not tolerate its chancellor praising the
Modi government for its exceptional development in Gujarat, has
flexed its muscle and asked the government to ‘cancel his Visa’ as
he has hurt the sentiments of Muslims (23 years ago). All
India Muslim Personal Law Board has also raised the same
demand.
What is more remarkable is the reactions from different political
parties. Congress' Rasheed Masood said that his Jaipur programme
should be cancelled as it could generate reactions in view of the
UP elections. RLD's Kaukab Hamid said that urgent action should be
taken to stop his entry. SP's Ahmad Hasan said that Indian
government has been appeasing anti-muslim forces across the world
and his entry must be immediately stopped. Even BJP's Mukhtar Abbas
Naqwi said that his arrival during election time was not proper and
it won’t be wise to give him a Visa.
Sanjoy Roy, managing director of Teamworks Productions, which
produces the Jaipur Literature Festival, said, "A literature
platform like the Jaipur festival is a place for free speech in the
best democratic traditions. In plural societies such as ours, it is
imperative that we continue to allow avenues for unfettered
literary expression".
Salman Rushdie, however, wrote on Twitter that he doesn’t even need
a visa for coming to India.
But the episode has once again exposed the skewed standards that
are applied on Muslim Sentiments and Hindu Sentiments in Hindu
majority India. While a painter painting nude paintings of Hindu
deities is awarded with top civilian honours, and whose death is
termed as 'Great loss to nation' by the Prime Minister, while
Indian government submits an affidavit in the Supreme Court
questioning the existance of Shri Ram, and while an essay
denigrating the characters of Sita and Shri Ram is taught in Delhi
University, an author for apparently hurting Muslim sentiments
through a book written in England, gets entire political class
lobbying against him so as to cater to minority vote bank, and the
activists who take immense pleasure in defending those who
denigrate Hinduism, completely tight-lipped.
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