Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 10:24:15 +0800 From: salil-AT-singnet.com.sg (Salil Tripathi) Subject: Re: testy response (fwd) It is indeed a pity that the writer of that letter didn't bother to read the many articles that appeared in many, many Indian publications critical of the banning of Satanic Verses on one hand, and the non-screening of Scorcese's film on the other. I had written the editorial in India Today criticizing the banning of Satanic Verses. And many newspapers had opposed not only the non-screening of Scorcese's film, but the attacks on Tamas, Ghashiram Kotwal, Sakharam Binder, Kristhuvinde Aram Thirumurivu, and so on. As my letter to Sahmat noted, such philistinism runs across religions, and one must take a stand against each such assault, so that those of us who believe in free expression are not accused of bias. Salil --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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