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India's International Booker winner at the centre of a political row (www.bbc.com)
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[–] Kaushal@ani.social 3 points 2 months ago

To summarise, she was invited to the Mysuru Dasara festival as the chief guest by the state government. The opposition party didn’t like it, as she is Muslim and Mysuru Dasara is a Hindu festival, hence the controversy.