Quantcast
Channel: CoolAge
Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 4997

Rushdie: Why is India so intolerant?

$
0
0

Tags: ban booksban moviesBanBooksbangalore-buzz-bangaloreBanMoviesbanned booksbanned moviesBannedBooksBannedMoviesSalman RushdieSalmanRushdieThe Satanic VersesTheSatanicVersesVishwaroopam

Filed under:

NEW DELHI (AP) - Author Salman Rushdie says that India needs to ask itself why it's becoming a culturally intolerant country that bans books and movies that offend some people. Rushdie was talking to CNN-IBN news channel about "Vishwaroopam," a Tamil language film recently banned in the southern state of Tamil Nadu after Muslim groups said it was offensive to Islam. Rushdie said in the interview shown Thursday that India needed to ask itself why it was "so easy in this society to shut things ...

Permalink | Email this | Comments


Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 4997

Trending Articles