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I had to leave India to be safe: Amitava Kumar

 Writer Amitava Kumar tells Aseem Chhabra about life after he read from The Satanic Verses at the Jaipur Literary Festival. Last week Amitava Kumar -- the New York -based writer and professor of......

JLF Diary: And just like that, Rushdie was banished again

 In his diary of the concluding day of a rather over-eventful Jaipur Literature Festival 2012, rediff.com's Abhishek Mande tries to communicate the plethora of emotions, ranging from rebellious to......

Rushdie issue: Only in India can one get away with such farces!

 Ashok Gehlot may very well pat himself for winning over a few Muslim votes, but he has simply provided the template for the next offended group: The past is often the prologue to the future, says......

JLF Day 4 Diary: Rushdie drama refuses to die down

 The agony of waiting for Salman Rushdie, words of wisdom from Ben Okri and Amish Tripathi and a rather strange interaction with a Muslim activist who refuses to name the author he's protesting......

Six complaints against JLF organisers, authors

 Kavita Srivastava, national secretary of People's Union for Civil Liberties, has revealed that six complaints have been registered against four authors: Amitava Kumar, Hari Kunzru, Jeet Thayil and......

'No difference between Godhra & 1984 riots'

Sashi Kumar is a Doordarshan anchor who went on to become a news producer. He has also worked as a journalist for The Hindu, covering West Asia. He set up India's first regional satellite channel,......

Dalmiya re-elected CAB president

Jagmohan Dalmiya was re-elected unopposed as president, while Samajwadi Party General Secretary Amar Singh made it to the Working Committee of the Cricket Association of Bengal at its 73rd Annual......

Haldipur sparkles for Bengal

An unbeaten 79 by Nikhil Haldipur and his 119-run opening wicket partnership with Amitava Chakraborthy (58) helped Bengal reach 207 for three against Tamil Nadu on the rain-interrupted first day of......

Gavaskar, Shukla deny Karnataka victory

Defiant batting by skipper Rohan Gavaskar (64 not out) and Laxmi Ratan Shukla (87), who put on 164 runs for the seventh wicket, helped Bengal deny Karnataka an outright victory in the Ranji Trophy......

Vasco prevail over Tollygunge

Vasco Sports Club staved off a strong second-half fightback to downTollygunge Agramani by a solitary goal and move tosecond place in theseventh National Football League, at the Nehru stadium in......

Mumbai's tail-enders stage fightback

Mumbai's lower-order batsmen effected a fine fightback, enabling the side to reach 248 in their first innings against Railways in the Ranji Trophy Elite Group 'A'match at the Karnail Singh stadium......

  People speak for amitava kumar

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Q. Rajesh Khanna, Sanjib Kumar, Jitendra, Dharmendra , Manoj Kumar and Raj Kumar -- all these are almost contemporary ! Whom do you like most amongst these ? (Note : Intentionally the name of Amitava is not mentioned).
:  A. sanjiv kumar is my fav among all these more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/rajesh-khanna-sanjib-kumar-jitendra-dharmendra--manoj-kumar-//answers/14093657

ashis
Q. ur favourite actor/actress in ur childhood days..?
Ashis:  A. Actors : 1) Amitava, 2) Dilip Kumar, 3) Sanjeev Kumar ;Actress : 1) Nargis, 2) Nutan, 3) Meena Kumari, 4) Jaya Bachhan, 5) Shabana Ajmi & 6) Smita Patil ; more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/ur-favourite-actoractress-in-ur-childhood-days../14093637/answers/16381652

virupaksha
Q. why BENGALIS take false pride in themselves and their culture which is predominantly not even 400yrs old ??
Virupaksha:  A. are you asking a question or giving your opinion?If latter, read no further.If former, then know that Bengalis are one of the most friendly,...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/why-bengalis-take-false-pride-in-themselves-and-their-cultur/16381344/answers/16195286

sr sr sax
Q. how can i come out from depression
Sr Sr Sax:  A. answer : just listen old melodious and ever-green songs of the old artist,specially of kishore kumar. it will relief you.amitava more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/how-can-i-come-out-from-depression/8112133/answers/542839

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Sea of poppycock

Literary production may take place in the writerufffdufffdufffds private space. But literary culture, a more social affair, flourishes in crowded... ...

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I had to leave India to be safe: Amitava Kumar

Writer Amitava Kumar speaks to Aseem Chhabra about life after he read from The Satanic Verses at the Jaipur Literary Festival. ...

http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-writer-amitava-kumar-interview/20120127.htm
If I Were Honest...

At the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF), Amitava Kumar had read small passages from The Satanic Verses, along with Hari Kunzru, as a mark of... ...

http://blogs.outlookindia.com/default.aspx?ddm=10&pid=2718&eid=31
Kunzru: I wanted to give voice to Rushdie at litfest

British author of Indian-origin Hari Kunzru has defended his decision to read out an excerpt from Sir Salman Rushdieufffdufffdufffds The Satanic... ...

http://www.asianage.com/newsmakers/kunzru-i-wanted-give-voice-rushdie-litfest-592
Complaints against four authors for 'The Satanic Verses' reading

Muslim groups have filed six complaints in courts in Jaipur and Ajmer against four authors -- Hari Kunzru, Amitava Kumar, Ruchir Joshi and Jeet... ...

http://www.sify.com/news/complaints-against-four-authors-for-the-satanic-verses-reading-news-national-mbxwkkdbhbc.html
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