I wouldn’t like it if my gods are attacked,” Bhagat contended. But they are right to get upset when their god is attacked. “You can say Muslims are backward, aggressive, that’s fine. They shouldn’t be banned but they are not heroes,” he said. They have been banned for hurting Muslims. “They have been banned for hurting people. ![]() “Let us not make heroes out of people who have been banned,” said the best- selling author in clear reference to Salman Rushdie. Meanwhile noted writer Chetan Bhagat said that organizers of the festival should not make heroes out of people who have been banned. That is a punishable offence,” Dalrymple realized after his esteemed guests already committed punishable offence. You can discuss book, read from other writings by the author, have conversations with him, invite him, but you cannot either possess a copy or publicly read from a book that is banned. I am convinced that the writers who did the readings were not aware that this is a punishable offence and could carry a fairly long prison sentence. This is part of a piece of absurd and draconian legislation going back to 1867 or thereabouts. “What a lot of people don't realise is that even reading from a banned book is against the law. The paper said that the police had gone to Hari Kunzru's room to question him but he had already hurriedly left town. ![]() ![]() William Dalrymple, the co-Director of the Jaipur Literature Festival told the Hindu newspaper that Hari Kunzru, Ruchir Joshi, Amitava Kumar and Jeet Thayil have all left the Jaipur on the advice of their lawyer.
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