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,

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

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.

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.

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.

Salman Rushdie's controversial book "The Satanic Verses", which was banned by the Rajiv Gandhi government in 1988 following the uproar from fundamentalists, is now available in "limited stock" at a Delhi bookstore.

On August 12, 2022, Lebanese-American Hadi Matar stabbed Rushdie on stage at a lecture, leaving him blind in one eye. Even though the book is available for purchase at Bahrisons, it evoked a mixed response from readers, especially due to its price.

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?

Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses is being sold again in his native India nearly four decades after it was banned, reports the Times of India. A court lifted the ban put in place in 1988 for an unusual reason,