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Vandana Singh (@singhvanda) for PEN America's #IndiaAt75

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Join us Friday August 19:

One week after the brutal attack on author @SalmanRushdie, the NY literary community is rallying in solidarity and presenting public readings from Rushdie's works on the steps of @nypl on 5th Avenue.

#StandWithSalman. Details: https://pen.org/event/stand-with-salman/

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