Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie Comes Home
S Prasannarajan
Words sustain life in his new novel set in India. It’s a fairy tale of the present accentuated by history and mythology, written by a storyteller schooled in the epic Fabulism of the East
Who Wants Salman Rushdie Killed?
Thirty-three years after the fatwa, the author of the Satanic Verses was grievously injured in an assassination attempt at a literary event in New York. The attack, by a 24-year-old man inspired by the forces unleashed by the late Ayatollah Khomeini, reminds the world how alive is the murderous fury of radical Islam against the freedom of ideas and imagination
Why Nobody, Not Even a Ruthless Murderer, Can Surprise Rushdie
The author recalls his meeting with the celebrated and charming author over a decade ago, his wit, scholarship and tremendous willpower
Why We Need Salman Rushdie
The attack on him is a reminder that the pursuit of truth is always pitted against the bloody profanities of faith
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