India’s import ban on ‘The Satanic Verses’ has lifted

The World

Salman Rushdie’s novel “The Satanic Verses” has not been legal to import into India for decades. But that’s changed, because the physical notification of the 1988 edict can’t be found. Host Marco Werman explains.

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