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Dec
After a 36-year hiatus, Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses has made its grand return to India, and it’s creating quite the stir. For those who missed the drama, this book was banned in 1988 by the Rajiv Gandhi government following protests from outraged Muslim groups who deemed it blasphemous. Rushdie’s creation has been described as "a work of art" by some, but a "fiery pit of controversy" by others. No surprise there—it was a little too much for people back in the day Now, after years of legal wrangling, the book is back in a very limited stock at Bahrisons…