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26th December, 2012
Midnight’s Children to release Feb 1 in India
Canada-based Indian filmmaker Deepa Mehta's ambitious project " Midnight's Children" - big screen adaptation of Salman Rushdie's Booker prize-winning controversial novel of the same name - is set to hit Indian screens Feb 1.
Canada-based Indian filmmaker Deepa Mehta's ambitious project " Midnight's Children" - big screen adaptation of Salman Rushdie's Booker prize-winning controversial novel of the same name - is set to hit Indian screens Feb 1.
19th December, 2012
‘Midnight’s Children’ a dream come true: Deepa Mehta
"This film is deeply personal to me. It is important that the audiences see a book that they love come to life."
"This film is deeply personal to me. It is important that the audiences see a book that they love come to life."
1st October, 2012
Social media may have increased the dangers of fatwa: Salman Rushdie
"I told myself very consciously... 'don't fall into the trap of fear and don't fall into the trap of revenge and just try and go on being the writer that you are.'”
"I told myself very consciously... 'don't fall into the trap of fear and don't fall into the trap of revenge and just try and go on being the writer that you are.'”
10th September, 2012
Midnight’s Children film may not be released in India
“Salman has often said that the book was his love letter to India. I think the film reflects that love."
“Salman has often said that the book was his love letter to India. I think the film reflects that love."
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22nd March, 2012
Salman Rushdie to write book on Imran Khan
Controversial novelist, author and your mother-in-law trapped in a middle-aged man’s body, Salman Rushdie, announced in London that he is planning to write a book…
Controversial novelist, author and your mother-in-law trapped in a middle-aged man’s body, Salman Rushdie, announced in London that he is planning to write a book…
19th March, 2012
Rushdie ridicules Imran Khan at conference
NEW DELHI: British author Salman Rushdie on Saturday attacked growing intolerance in India as he returned to the country for the first time since Islamic…
NEW DELHI: British author Salman Rushdie on Saturday attacked growing intolerance in India as he returned to the country for the first time since Islamic…
13th March, 2012
Rushdie to return to India this week after death threats
Salman Rushdie will return to India this week to speak at a conference, under two months after death threats forced the Booker Prize-winning author to pull out of Asia's biggest literary festival, the event organiser said on Tuesday.
Salman Rushdie will return to India this week to speak at a conference, under two months after death threats forced the Booker Prize-winning author to pull out of Asia's biggest literary festival, the event organiser said on Tuesday.
23rd January, 2012
Rushdie to appear by video at Indian book festival
JAIPUR: British author Salman Rushdie is to address an Indian literature festival by video link after he was forced to pull-out in person because of…
JAIPUR: British author Salman Rushdie is to address an Indian literature festival by video link after he was forced to pull-out in person because of…
22nd January, 2012
Rushdie says Indian police invented death threat
JAIPUR: British author Salman Rushdie on Sunday accused Indian police of making up an underworld plot to assassinate him that forced him to pull out…
JAIPUR: British author Salman Rushdie on Sunday accused Indian police of making up an underworld plot to assassinate him that forced him to pull out…
22nd January, 2012
Oprah Winfrey charms “chaotic” India at book festival
JAIPUR: Amid raucous cheers from thousands of admirers, television superstar Oprah Winfrey praised the contrast of calm and chaos in India at the region’s largest…
JAIPUR: Amid raucous cheers from thousands of admirers, television superstar Oprah Winfrey praised the contrast of calm and chaos in India at the region’s largest…
10th January, 2012
Rushdie shrugs off call for India ‘blasphemy’ ban
British author Salman Rushdie has dismissed demands by an influential Islamic seminary in India that he should be banned from entering the country to attend a literature festival later this month.
British author Salman Rushdie has dismissed demands by an influential Islamic seminary in India that he should be banned from entering the country to attend a literature festival later this month.
19th May, 2011
Rushdie’s ‘Midnight’s Children’ in secret filming
COLOMBO: Under a cloak of secrecy, the first film adaptation of controversial author Salman Rushdie’s celebrated novel “Midnight’s Children” has finished shooting in Sri Lanka.…
COLOMBO: Under a cloak of secrecy, the first film adaptation of controversial author Salman Rushdie’s celebrated novel “Midnight’s Children” has finished shooting in Sri Lanka.…
3rd May, 2011
Pakistan should be declared a terrorist state: Salman Rushdie
ISLAMABAD: There were no protests and no extra security in Pakistan on Tuesday, a day after the killing of Osama bin Laden by US…
ISLAMABAD: There were no protests and no extra security in Pakistan on Tuesday, a day after the killing of Osama bin Laden by US…
29th April, 2011
China says Ai case nothing to do with freedom of expression
BEIJING: The case of detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has nothing to do with freedom of expression and the art scene in China is thriving,…
BEIJING: The case of detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has nothing to do with freedom of expression and the art scene in China is thriving,…
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22nd April, 2011
In memory of Moin Akhtar
When Salman Rushdie wrote “Shame,” his novel on Pakistan and its politics, he chose to use a mentally-challenged child as a symbol for the country.…
When Salman Rushdie wrote “Shame,” his novel on Pakistan and its politics, he chose to use a mentally-challenged child as a symbol for the country.…
