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Salman Rushdie strongly criticized his publisher for pulling a historical novel about the prophet Muhammad and his child bride over concerns about angering Muslims.
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Salman Rushdie has asked a London publisher to withdraw a book by a former Special Branch bodyguard who claims the author behaved badly and arrogantly toward policemen...
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Sir Salman Rushdie has struck up a close friendship with actress Riya Sen, it has been reported.
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Salman Rushdie was named winner of the Best of the Booker award for Midnight’s Children, the Man Booker website reported
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If the concept of God has any validity or any use, it can only be to make us larger, freer, and more loving. If God cannot do this, then it is time we got rid of Him -...
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The controversial author Salman Rushdie has been knighted by the Queen.
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Indian origin author Salman Rushdie received a knighthood for services to literature from Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II Wednesday, saying he was proud of the honour...
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Controversial Indian-origin writer Salman Rushdie is among the six authors shortlisted for ‘The
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Are we ready for a moron Prime Minister?
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Controversial India-born author Salman Rushdie finally revealed that his wife Padma Lakshmi`s decision to divorce him had a crippling effect on him. He said the divorce...
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# Islam has not been kind to writers who have differed with their own religion. Fundamentalists have hounded them.
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