Jaipur Literature Festival 2012 - Salman Rushdie's visit was cancelled due to threats of violence from certain Muslim groups. This issue dominated the festival. To make up for his non-appearance at the festival and uphold freedom of speech, a Skype video appearance by Salman was arranged for Jan 24, the last day of the festival. Islamist protestors appeared inside the festival to protest the appearance, with (they said) more massing outside the gates, who had gathered in parks in Jaipur. The festival organizers were forced to cancel the Skype video chat for fear of violence against festivalgoers and police action. Soon after, top Indian journalist Tarun Tejpal in cooperation with festival organizer Sanjoy Roy arranged a panel discussion on what had just happened. This is the 8th of about 10 short videos covering that panel. See also the announcement preceding the panel: [ Ссылка ]
