Salman Rushdie

BBC Radio 4 To Air Special Feature On Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children

India News | Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Friday August 11, 2017

Author Salman Rushdie's 1981 Booker Prize-winning magic-realist novel Midnight's Children forms the centrepiece of BBC Radio 4's elaborate plans to mark the 70 years of Indian Independence as well as the painful Partition in 1947.

Twinkle Khanna, Akshay Kumar's Koffee Time Will Make You ROFL. 10 Best Quotes

Monday November 14, 2016

"Every column I write, he reads it. Then he will decide what should be removed because he is Salman Rushdie and I am what.. Chetan Bhagat? And I am given marks," said Twinkle Khanna

Koffee With Karan: Twinkle Khanna, Akshay Kumar's Episode is a Laugh Riot

Monday November 14, 2016

"Every column I write, he reads it. Then he will decide what should be removed because he is Salman Rushdie and I am what.. Chetan Bhagat? And I am given marks," said Twinkle Khanna

Bob Dylan Still Hasn't Responded to Nobel Prize Panel's Calls and E-Mails

Agence France-Presse | Tuesday October 18, 2016

"Right now we are doing nothing. I have called and sent emails to his closest collaborator and received very friendly replies. For now, that is certainly enough," the academy's Permanent Secretary, Sara Danius said

Book Of Stories Not More Than 140 Characters Long

Offbeat | Press Trust of India | Tuesday August 16, 2016

"Tales on Tweet", published by HarperCollins India in a 'micro' size, has 98 micro stories.

After 27 Years, Nobel Panel Condemns Salman Rushdie Death Threats

World News | Associated Press | Thursday March 24, 2016

The Swedish Academy, which selects the winners of the Nobel Prize in literature, has condemned an Iranian death warrant against British writer Salman Rushdie, 27 years after it was pronounced.

Padma Lakshmi Opens Up About Marriage to Salman Rushdie in Memoir

Monday March 7, 2016

Padma Lakshmi, who described Salman Rushdie as "lethally eloquent", mentioned his reaction after she featured on the cover of Newsweek magazine. "The only time Newsweek put me on their cover was when someone was trying to put a bullet in my head," he had said

How To Use Twitter Without Going Insane

Offbeat | Sonny Bunch, The Washington Post | Thursday January 21, 2016

Over the past few weeks and months (and years, really) there have been a series of essays/think pieces about the growing irrelevance or uselessness of Twitter. Google "quitting Twitter" and you'll find stories about intellectual luminaries as varied as Salman Rushdie and Lena Dunham either quitting Twitter or thinking about quitting Twitter or quit...

Author Salman Rushdie Awarded Mailer Prize For Lifetime Achievement

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday December 11, 2015

India-born author Salman Rushdie has been awarded the prestigious Mailer Prize that honours writers who fully exercise their freedom of creativity and thrive on dialogue and debate.

Congress Distances Itself from P Chidambaram's Remarks on Salman Rushdie's Book

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday November 30, 2015

Congress today distanced itself from former Finance Minister P Chidambaram's statement that the banning of Salman Rushdie's controversial novel 'The Satanic Verses' by the Rajiv Gandhi government was wrong.

Taslima Nasreen Asks Mamata Banerjee to Lift Ban on Her TV Serial

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday November 29, 2015

Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen today advised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to "learn" from Congress leader P Chidambaram and admit it was "wrong" to stop broadcast of a TV serial scripted by her after Muslims fundamentalists objected to it.

'Be Tolerant', BJP Tells Congress After Chidambaram's Remark on Salman Rushdie's Book Ban

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday November 29, 2015

A day after former Finance Minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram termed the ban on Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses as 'wrong', the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) asked why it took him 27 years to admit it and advised the opposition party to be a "little tolerant".

Barack Obama Buys Salman Rushdie's Latest Book, Author Takes a Dig

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Sunday November 29, 2015

US President Barack Obama's purchase of author Salman Rushdie's latest volume caused a stir, with the author tweeting today to ask if there was a reason for it choosing that particular volume.

'How Many Years to Correct Mistake,' Asks Salman Rushdie After Chidambaram's Remark

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday November 29, 2015

Hours after former Finance Minister P Chidambaram termed the ban on Salman Rushdie's book "Satanic Verses" as "wrong", the author tweeted asking how many more years it would take to correct the "mistake".

Rajiv Gandhi Government Wrong in Banning Salman Rushdie's Book: P Chidambaram

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday November 29, 2015

Twenty-seven years after the then Rajiv Gandhi government banned Salman Rushdie's controversial novel 'The Satanic Verses', former Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said it was "wrong."

Writers Urge David Cameron to Raise India's 'Climate of Fear' With PM Modi

India News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday November 12, 2015

Nearly 200 writers including author Salman Rushdie have signed an open letter to UK Prime Minister David Cameron, urging him to take up "the rising climate of fear" in India with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a three-day visit to Britain.

It's a Matter of Individual Choice: Mark Tully on Writers' Returning Awards

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday October 25, 2015

Veteran journalist Mark Tully said writers returning their Sahitya Akademi awards in protest against growing intolerance is a matter of individual choice.

Exclusive: PM Narendra Modi's Silence Emboldening 'Thuggish Violence,' Says Salman Rushdie

India News | Barkha Dutt | Tuesday October 13, 2015

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "silence" along with that of institutions like the Sahitya Akademi is permitting a new "degree of thuggish violence" in India, celebrated Mumbai-born author Salman Rushdie said, amid a raging debate over 'rising intolerance' in India.

'Alarming Times for Free Expression in India': Salman Rushdie Backs Authors

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday October 12, 2015

Booker Prize winning author Salman Rushdie today joined the growing chorus of protests by writers and poets against spread of "communal poison" and "rising intolerance" in the country even as 12 more authors decided to return their Sahitya Akademi awards.

Saudi Arabia Summons Czech Envoy Over 'Satanic Verses'

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday October 10, 2015

Saudi Arabia has summoned the Czech ambassador over a new translation of British writer Salman Rushdie's controversial book "Satanic Verses", official media said Friday.

Silencer Used to Kill Mexico Photojournalist: Lawyer

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday September 1, 2015

A silencer was used to kill a Mexican photojournalist and four women last month, a lawyer said, providing new details of a murder that drew a new international call for justice.

Salman Rushdie Says 'Wrong Lessons' Learned from His Iran Fatwa Ordeal

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday July 22, 2015

More than a quarter century after being slapped with a fatwa from Iran calling for his murder over his book "The Satanic Verses", Salman Rushdie says the world has learned the "wrong lessons" about freedom of expression.

Indian-Origin Author Assaulted in South Africa

Indians Abroad | Press Trust of India | Tuesday March 24, 2015

An Indian-origin author in South Africa has been brutally assaulted and verbally abused after she praised controversial writer Salman Rushdie whose work has angered Muslims around the world.

We Cannot Ignore Inflammatory Sermons in Local Mosques

Opinion | Swapan Dasgupta | Friday January 16, 2015

Swapan Dasgupta on the debate around Islamist extremism.

Salman Rushdie's Powerful Statement on Charlie Hebdo Attack

World News | Edited By: Sanchari Bhattacharya | Saturday January 10, 2015

Author Salman Rushdie today issued a strong call to "defend the art of satire" after gunmen attacked the Paris office of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo and killed 12 people.

Pakistani Schools Network Observes Anti-Malala Day

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday November 11, 2014

An association of Pakistani schools held an "I am not Malala" day on Monday, condemning young Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai for what it called her support for controversial novelist Salman Rushdie.

Salman Rushdie Gets Denmark's Top Literature Award

World News | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday August 18, 2014

Indian-born British author Salman Rushdie received on Sunday a literary award named after Denmark's famous poet and fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen.

Legal Row Over House Arvind Kejriwal Plans to Move In

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday June 24, 2014

The controversy over AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal's house refuses to die down with the new accommodation he is planning to shift stuck in a legal tangle over ownership.

Novelist Salman Rushdie Wins PEN/Pinter Prize

World News | Reuters | Friday June 20, 2014

Indian-born British author Salman Rushdie is the winner of this year's PEN/Pinter Prize in recognition of his support for freedom of speech and generous help to other writers, the prize judges said on Friday.

'Worried Modi Will Run a Bully Government': Salman Rushdie

Elections News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 6, 2014

'People worry that they are going to be bullied and therefore try not to do anything that will attract the wrath of the 'Modistas',' he said.