Satanic Verses

Holy Horrors

Makarand R Paranjape

Salman Rushdie and the dangers of raising difficult questions

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

S Prasannarajan

The attack on him is a reminder that the pursuit of truth is always pitted against the bloody profanities of faith

In ‘Joseph Anton’, Salman Rushdie alleges that an early book review of ‘The Satanic Verses’ in India Today by the journalist Madhu Jain, “lit the fire”. He has not forgiven her for that. Here is Madhu Jain’s version of what transpired before the publication of what was in all probability the first book review of ‘The Satanic Verses’.