Topic - Rajiv Gandhi

In an open letter to then-Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, published in The New York Times in 1988, he alleged the book was “being used as a political football” and called the ban not only “anti-democratic, but opportunistic.” Over the years, Rushdie has made private trips to India and attended the Jaipur Literary Festival in 2007.

India's ban on Salman Rushdie novel 'The Satanic Verses' may end -- thanks to missing paperwork →