Best-selling Indian writer Chetan Bhagat on Saturday criticised the support leant to authors whose books are banned for offending religious communities, a day after Salman Rushdie cancelled his trip t

British novelist Salman Rushdie withdrew on Friday from India's largest literary festival going on in Jaipur saying that he feared assassination after his participation was opposed by hardline Muslim groups.

After cancelling his visit to India citing threats to his life, author Salman Rushdie today said he was 'very sad' not to be in Jaipur for the Literature Festival and was 'sorry' if people felt that h