“Even from seven thousand miles away it’s clear that what’s happening in Kashmir is an atrocity. Not much to celebrate this August 15th,” Rushdie tweeted.

Even from seven thousand miles away it’s clear that what’s happening in Kashmir is an atrocity. Not much to celebrate this August 15th.

— Salman Rushdie (@SalmanRushdie) August 15, 2019

News18’s senior editor Pallavi Ghosh asked Rushdie, who he is to tell “us” Indian about it.

And 7000 miles Away who r u to tell us that ?

— pallavi ghosh (@_pallavighosh) August 15, 2019

The co-founder of AltNews, Pratik Sinha responded to Ghosh’s comment that, Rushdie is an individual who is expressing what he feels about Kashmir, if people who are sitting far away cannot express, then why PM Modi attend NRI gatherings.

He is an individual who's expressing what he feels about Kashmir. Is there a rule that people who are sitting far away cannot express? Why does the Prime Minister do all the NRI melas then?

— Pratik Sinha (@free_thinker) August 15, 2019

Rushdie incurred the wrath of the Muslim world for writing “Satanic Verses” in 1988, the Fatwas were issued against him calling for his death. However, British Government then took him under their protection.

Since then, Rushdie enjoyed being the darling of the Hindutva ideology, but his Thursday’s tweet angered them.

According to Indian Express, a grand public event was held in Senapati district of Manipur at Katomei public ground under the auspices of United Naga Council (UNC), the apex body of the Nagas under the theme “One Goal, One Destiny”.

The event at a large scale took place in the wake of the prevailing disturbance in Kashmir after Article 370 has been scrapped by the Indian Government.

Special guest of the event was Neingulo Krome, secretary-general of Naga people’s Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR), who hosted the Naga National Flag and sang Naga National Anthem, later leaders of Naga civil bodies made speeches referring to the possible identity crisis.

Leaders of all 20 Naga tribes of Manipur, all Naga Frontal Organisations, Naga women groups, Naga student bodies attended the celebrations.

Neingulo Krome has attributed the large public participation due to the prevailing situation in Kashmir, which according to him has triggered a sense of wariness of the government’s policy, Indian Express reported.

“The celebration this time is historic. There has never been a public event of such a large scale in the past except in small pockets. People coming out in large numbers in support of the Naga movement and to celebrate the historic day is a clear message that people are fed up of the unpredictable policies of the government”, Krome said.

The history goes back to August 14 1947 when some Naga rebel groups declared their national Independence day and since then all the Naga diaspora across the region including Myanmar have been celebrating it as their Independence day.