Salman Rushdie’s novel ‘The Satantic Verses’ hadn’t been sold in India, the country of the author’s birth, for 36 years, until this week. The novel, which forced the India-born author into hiding after its publication in 1988,

NEW DELHI – Salman Rushdie’s controversial 1988 novel The Satanic Verses has made its way back to Indian bookshops, decades after being banned for sparking riots and outrage over its alleged blasphemy. The return of the novel, long shrouded in controversy, is tied not to a debate about free speech but to missing government paperwork.

Delhi court allows sales of divisive novel that sent Sir Salman into hiding for a decade after officials lose the original banning order

While the book has generated significant interest from readers, publishers, and authors alike, many other bookstores have decided not to import it. This selective availability has added to the growing discussions around its release.

Delhi’s Bahrisons Booksellers are selling a ’limited stock’ of Salman Rushdie’s controversial novel ‘The Satanic Verses’. It will be available in Pune soon. However, the development has been criticised by some Muslim organisations.

British-Indian author Salman Rushdie is once again making headlines, but this time, it’s not due to any personal remarks, fatal attacks, or relationships. His highly controversial novel, The Satanic Verses,

Salman Rushdie's controversial book 'The Satanic Verses' is back on sale in India after a 36-year ban, sparking renewed debate on freedom of speech and religious sentiments.

British-Indian novelist Salman Rushdie's controversial book "The Satanic Verses" has quietly returned to India 36 years after it was banned by the Rajiv Gandhi government.

Salman Rushdie’s controversial book The Satanic Verses is available again in Indian bookstores after a court lifted a three-decade ban. The availability of the book in bookstores followed last month’s decision by a court in India over a challenge to the government’s 1988 decision to ban imports of the novel by Rushdie, who was born in Mumbai.

The Satanic Verses', banned in 1988, reappears in India. Muslim groups urge government to reinstate ban, citing offence to sentiments. Available at Bahrisons Booksellers.

How do you explain the lack of street protests and the silence of political groups as one of the most controversial books published in independent India -Salman Rushdie’s 1988 novel 'The Satanic Verses' – returns to the country's bookshops after being banned for 36 years?