Ban Salman Rushdie at Jaipur Literature Festival, say Muslim groups, but Sanjay Roy says no 'hijacking' event

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PTI: Jaipur, Jan 21 2013, 16:43 IST

to avoid any legal action during the event.

When contacted, Sanjay Roy, Producer of the Jaipur Literature Festival, said, “Everyone has right to express his feeling but we (the event) are not going to be hijacked.”

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FREEDOM OF EXPRESS IS A CITIZEN'S RIGHT

rajani kant | 21-Jan-2013Reply | Forward

The Muslim Groups wherever in India should know that India is a democracy and not a theocratic state like Pakistan, where anyone is arrested for blasphemy and condemned to death. Every citizen in India has a right to express his opinion freely and participate in any event which is for a good social cause and cultural bonhomie. Right to freedom of religion does not mean to stop others from expressing one's opinion with a collective responsibility. Also, they cannot force anyone to say that so and so ca not attend or come to India. Like they have a right to protest peacefully every other person has a right to express and participate. If the authorities bow to such tactics and pressures to appease a particular community for vote-bank politics then it does not augur well for Indian democracy.

Where is democracy now?

Khan | 21-Jan-2013Reply | Forward

British journalist Yvonne Ridley was denied Visa by India. "The Indian Government is refusing to give me a conference visa to address 50,000 women in Hyderabad about women's rights ... I would have thought after the catastrophic handling of the Delhi rape case, politicians would be more sensitive, but it seems not. We women continue to be sidelined and treated as second class citizens," she said in her post on Facebook.