“The murders of Gauri Lankesh, Narendra Dabholkar and Govind Pansare did not cause political upheaval” :
“Lonely and thankless battle in India”. THE HINDU
Highlights By: Balbir Singh Sooch-Sikh Vichar Manc
The attack on the author is a reminder that just as Midnight’s Children put literature from the subcontinent
on the world literary map, The Satanic Verses put freedom of expression on the cultural map:
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Govind Pansare did not cause political upheaval. Rukmini S. writes in her book Whole Numbers and
Half Truths, published last year, that according to a 2015 Pew Research Global Poll, Indians gave less
importance to freedom of expression than any other country, except Indonesia. https://www.thehindu.
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Lonely and thankless battle
Another survey of four Indian States showed that as levels of education rose, so did support for
restrictions on freedom of expression. No wonder the Indian political establishment did not feel the
need to vociferously speak up when Rushdie was stabbed. It shows that for the political class, he’s still
“an issue, a bother, ‘an affair’.”
However, just because it’s not a vote getter does not mean freedom of expression is unimportant. It
only means that those who fight for it, on behalf of all of us, fight a lonely and thankless battle.
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subcontinent on the world literary map, The Satanic Verses put freedom of
expression on the cultural map: https://www.thehindu.com/
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did not cause political upheaval” : “Lonely and thankless battle in India”.
THE HINDU