Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses has quietly returned to India, 36 years after it was banned by the Rajiv Gandhi government, at Bahrisons Booksellers in New Delhi

British-Indian novelist Salman Rushdie's controversial book "The Satanic Verses" has quietly returned to India 36 years after it was banned

Bookstores like Midland Book Shop and Om Book Shop do not plan to import the book of Salman Rushdie.

British-Indian novelist Salman Rushdie's controversial book "The Satanic Verses" has quietly returned to India 36 years after it was banned by the Rajiv Gandhi government.

The original ban on The Satanic Verses was imposed by the Rajiv Gandhi government that aimed to pander to the Islamist elements to appease them, especially in the wake of Hindu resurgence following the Ram Janmabhoomi movement.