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Salman Rushdie has no desire left to marry again

London :: United Kingdom | 11 months ago

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I'm not saying I am never going to fall in love again but there is no need to marry," Times Online quoted him, as saying. Nor does he want any more children. "I'm 61, enough already," he says. His latest project, however, is a children's book. "When I...

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Pak behind Mumbai attacks, says Salman Rushdie

London :: United Kingdom | 11 months ago

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India-born author Salman Rushdie blames Pakistan for the 26/11 Mumbai terror strikes and has asked Britain to warn the country that “as long as Pakistan harbours terrorists it's not going to get any Western aid”. The author of " Satanic Verses " told...

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Salman Rushdie says provoking people is in his DNA

London :: United Kingdom | 11 months ago

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Rushdie's fourth novel, The Satanic Verses (1988), was at the center of protests from Muslims in several countries. Some of the protests were violent and Rushdie faced death threats and a fatwa issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, then Supreme Leader...

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Salman Rushdie says VP pick Palin is 'a joke'

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London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago

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British author Salman Rushdie branded US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin as a "joke" Sunday and said naming her as Republican John McCain's running mate was a "colossal misjudgement". Rushdie, a vocal supporter of Democratic White House candidate...

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Sir Salman wins James Joyce Award

Dublin :: Ireland | about 1 year ago

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Accepting the James Joyce Award at University College Dublin, Sir Salman said he said he had learnt "a daring of language" from Joyce. Previous winners include author Bill Bryson, comedy actor Will Ferrell and ex-footballer Gary Lineker. Sir Salman's...

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Asim Siddiqui: A novel opportunity

London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago

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A novel opportunity Unlike Salman Rushdie, the author of the controversial 'Prophet's wife' novel is trying to engage with Muslims, not to confront them Love stories are not really my thing but when I was sent a copy of the Jewel of Medina by the author...

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Rushdie:No regrets on

London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago

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Author Salman Rushdie has no regrets about writing ‘The Satanic Verses', he said in comments published on Wednesday, 20 years after the release of the book which earned him an Islamic death threat. Rushdie, who lived in hiding under police protection...

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Salman Rushdie unrepentant about Satanic Verses

London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago

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Twenty years after the publication of the book that almost cost him his life, Sir Salman Rushdie is still glad that he wrote The Satanic Verses . In the second of a series of interviews with leading cultural figures filmed exclusively for The Times ,...

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How the West was lost for free speech

Bolton :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago

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Four years in the making and supported by a then almost unheard of advance of $850,000 from his publisher, Penguin, Rushdie had hoped the work would cement his reputation as the most important British novelist of his generation. The book certainly set...

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Booker Shortlist Announced, Griping Begins

London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago

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The Booker Prize shortlist was announced this afternoon, and, no surprise, people are already pissed about it. Industry newsletter Publisher's Lunch (sub. required) noted : "What a 'shock.' As usual, manufactured 'surprise' is the fuel of the Booker publicity...

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