The controversial author has said that his experience of living with fundamentalism has relevance for all people now.
Blaming both author and publisher for the mess, Rushdie said, "Both are responsible. But I know when I write a book it is my name on the book. So I stand or fall by what I sign. And so must she."
'Prime Minister Narendra Modiji must personally intervene in the matter to make it clear to his officials and the rank-and-file that communal abuse should now stop'
Booker Prize winning author Salman Rushdie joined the growing chorus of protests by leading writers against spread of "communal poison" and "rising intolerance" in the country even as seven more authors decided to return their Sahitya Akademi awards.
The Chennai-born Lakshmi reportedly told friends that she was bored with the writer.
Lakshmi is hoping to kick off her new job by filming a documentary in India.
A free and civilised society should be judged by its willingness to accept it, he says.
In a rejoinder to an article in The Independent, they said, The British media stories are untrue. We are still very much a couple.
'Denying access to the country to writers of both foreign and Indian origin casts a chill on public discourse; it flies in the face of India's traditions of free and open debate and respect for a diversity of views, and weakens its credentials as a strong and thriving democracy'
The Michelin Star chef and host of MasterChef India, who penned his first work of fiction, shares stories from his life.
We have our own problems for sure and they are not trivial, but for now, our economy is in not too bad a shape, our politics is as personality-driven and authoritarian as that of most countries in the world. We must make the best of what we have and not be excessively unhappy looking at the grass on the other side of the septic tank which may not be greener after all!, observes Shreekant Sambrani.
Eminent British Indian author Salman Rushdie has attacked the "mangled" language of religion, which is turning British Muslims towards extremism.
The actress was simply bowled over by its message of Indo-Pak friendship.
Atwood's The Testaments and Evaristo's novel Girl, Woman, Other earned each author an equal share of the 50,000 prize.
'One hopes that it is for the better that this disaster alters our reality from the morning of May 4,' notes Aakar Patel.
BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi claimed Shah Rukh Khan had aired views about growing intolerance following an "ED notice" even as her party distanced itself from similar comments by Yogi Adityanath.
Kazuo Ishiguro has written eight books, as well as scripts for film and television, the Academy said.
1929-2018: The life and legacy of Ursula K Le Guin in her own words.
The country's oldest book awards saw some interesting wins.
Around 75 professors and other academics of Indian origin working at some of Britain's prestigious institutions such as Cambridge and Oxford university and London School of Economics on Tuesday issued an open letter, sharply attacking Narendra Modi and saying, "The idea of Modi in power fills us with dread".
Naipaul wrote more than 30 books of fiction and nonfiction during his career with a sharp critique of established religion and politicians characterising much of his work.
In this lockdown, no matter how many similarities the memory dredges up from past events and associations, there is one thing that has no precedent: The isolation that it has imposed on people, reports Arundhuti Dasgupta.
The controversy over Aam Aadmi Party 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.
These are the television shows that will crackle and pop a lot longer than anything you'll get your paws on.
'As I watched Sacred Games, I kept flinching at the thought of all the thorns poised to lodge themselves in the sides of the thin-skinned,' says Mitali Saran.
'Where children are told soothing bedtime tales, our daily fare were stories of the bloodshed my family had witnessed, scenes, my father said, of the sewers turning red and the overpowering stench of corpses,' remembers Sunil Sethi.
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