'Jaipur festival organisers were being cowardly'

January 24, 2012 15:15

'If it is not the role of literary festivals to stand up for writers, and to defend their right to speak, especially in these circumstances, it is difficult to know what is. The Festivals decision not just to distance itself from Kunzru and Kumar but to threaten others who might be thinking of following suit was nothing less than cowardly,' writes Kenan Malik here.

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