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Celebrate Salman Rushdie’s birthday with a look at why his novels still matter today. Bold, brilliant, and more relevant than ...
Sir Salman Rushdie says he has moved on from the knife attack which has seen his attacker jailed for attempted murder. Hadi ...
As Salman Rushdie's birthday scurries around the corner, take a walk through the cities, empires and myths of his fabulism. From Bombay to Bisnaga, follow a literary trail filled with history, ...
Salman Rushdie’s allegorical 'Midnight’s Children', Rohinton Mistry’s unflinching 'A Fine Balance', and Nirmal Verma’s ...
Rushdie read several excerpts from "Knife" for 60 Minutes. "I would answer violence with art," says author Salman Rushdie. He initially didn't want to write his new book "Knife" about the attack ...
Salman Rushdie has been a marked man for nearly half his life. In 1989 Iran's leader Ayatollah Khomeini declared his novel, "The Satanic Verses," blasphemous, an insult to Islam, and called for ...
We keep drinking poison in the hope that it will kill the enemies of those Muslims who have never cared about us ...
This is a very special year for me. Like Sabyasachi and the India Fashion Week, I am also celebrating 25 years in the ...
Salman Rushdie has pinpointed the moment authors should start worrying about AI. Speaking at the 2025 Hay Festival, which has partnered with The Independent for a second year, ...
The forest's biodiversity has steadily shrunk. 'There are no foxes or black-naped hares. Monitor lizards are rare and elusive ...
Salman Rushdie’s Attacker Is Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison. Hadi Matar, the defendant, said he believed Mr. Rushdie to be a hypocrite. His attack left the acclaimed author blind in one eye.