Lost customs document forces Indian court to overturn 36-year-old ban on Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses

Lost customs document forces Indian court to overturn 36-year-old ban on Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses

It could have been a principled fight for freedom of expression in India, but in the end it was a bureaucratic blunder that forced a high court in New Delhi to overturn a 36-year-old ban on the import of Salman Rushdie's

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