26 January 2012, 9:50 am
JAIPUR, India -- An Indian woman narrowly escaped being burned alive after doctors wrongly declared her dead and relatives prepared her funeral pyre. Grieving family members were about to place 72-year-old Magan Kanwar on the flames Wednesday when she suddenly "woke up," The Times of India reported.... Read More »
24 January 2012, 4:01 pm
JAIPUR, India, Jan 24 — Asia’s largest literature festival today cancelled a televised speech by Salman Rushdie minutes before it was scheduled to begin, amid death threats to its organiser and fears of violent protests at the event by Muslim groups. The issue of British-Indian author Rushdie, w... Read More »
24 January 2012, 11:02 am
JAIPUR, India (Reuters) - A video-link speech by Salman Rushdie to Asia's largest literature festival was cancelled minutes before it was due to begin on Tuesday because of death threats to the organizers and fears of riots by Muslim groups. Rushdie's 1988 novel "The Satanic Verses" is banne... Read More »
24 January 2012, 12:27 am
JAIPUR, India (Reuters) - The director of Asia's largest literature festival received a death threat hours before Salman Rushdie was set to address the event on Tuesday, though organisers confirmed that the author would still speak using a video link. The issue of British-Indian author Rushdie, ... Read More »
23 January 2012, 11:50 pm
JAIPUR, India (AFP) - British author Salman Rushdie was due to speak by video link to a literature festival in India on Tuesday after an apparent threat to his life by mafia hitmen forced him to pull out in person.... Read More »
23 January 2012, 10:03 am
Thick with palaces, elephants and crowded old bazaars, the Pink City of Jaipur is a postcard from ‘exotic India’ brought vividly to life. Its annual literary festival may be only six years old, but it tries to live up to its setting, adding 21st century flash and dazzle to the mix. This year did... Read More »
22 January 2012, 7:36 am
On a visit to Jaipur, India, Oprah Winfrey called the country "the greatest show on Earth" in an interview with CNN sister network CNN-IBN.... Read More »
22 January 2012, 12:29 am
JAIPUR, India (Reuters) - Amid raucous cheers from thousands of admirers, television superstar Oprah Winfrey praised the contrast of calm and chaos in India at the region's largest literature festival fast becoming a global cultural gala. Considered one of the world's most influential women,... Read More »
20 January 2012, 1:24 am
JAIPUR, India - Booker-Prize winning author Salman Rushdie cancelled plans to appear at an Indian literature festival Friday after protests from Muslim clerics and warnings that he could be targeted for assassination.... Read More »
19 January 2012, 8:03 pm
JAIPUR, India (AFP) - India's biggest literary festival opened on Friday in the absence of star guest Salman Rushdie, whose planned appearance has triggered threats of protests by some Muslim groups.... Read More »
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