Observer Research Foundation Chairman Sudheendra Kulkarni, who was sprayed with black paint by Shiv Sainiks for organising former Pakistan foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri's book launch here, will travel to Karachi next week to attend the launch of the same book.
Kulkarni said he has accepted Kasuri's invitation to join the launch of his book 'Neither a Hawk nor a Dove' in Karachi on November 2, along with a number of prominent Pakistanis and Indians.
The ORF chairman stated this at a panel discussion during the Tata Literature Live festival here last night.
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However, they refused to bow down to this pressure.
Later, Kulkarni became the victim of a paint attack by Shiv Sena members ahead of the launch of Kasuri's book in Mumbai on October 12.
The Shiv Sena had vehemently opposed the event and threatened to disrupt it.
Prior to it, the Sena had also forced the cancellation of Pakistani singer Ghulam Ali's concert in Mumbai.