The novel goes to the heart of Muslim religious beliefs and challenges some of its most sensitive tenets.
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Salman Rushdie and the Story of India
‘Midnight’s Children,’ a chronicle of a stabbing foretold.
The Pain of Partition, as Seen in the Literature of Many Languages
Novels, stories, poetry – there were many ways that authors expressed what they saw during that harrowing time and after.
How Salman Rushdie Has Been a Scapegoat for Complex Historical Differences
Rushdie, great writer and outspoken defender of writers’ freedom of expression, has been under a fatwa for more than 30 years. He’s set to recover from a shock stabbing …
Of Chutneys, Pickles and Kitchen Corners: Food and Indian Cultural Identity
What we eat and how we eat it, play a significant role in viewing our culture and ethnicity.