Salman Rushdie

Speaking at the Hay Festival in Wales, the celebrated author of Midnight’s Children joked that authors are safe from the threat of AI until the day a robot cracks a proper joke.

Salman Rushdie's 'Satanic Verses' back on Indian bookshelves, Muslim bodies erupt in anger

The book mocks Islamic views, insults Prophet Muhammad and his companions, and hurts sentiments, says general secretary of the All India Shia Personal Law Board.

No more import ban on Salman Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses'? HC says 1988 order untraceable

The court said the government was unable to produce the original notification that imposed the ban, adding that it has to be presumed that it does not exist.

Rushdie's 'Satanic Verses' can be imported in India as court told 1988 ban order untraceable

The India-born British author's novel was banned by India in 1988 after some Muslims viewed it as blasphemous

Salman Rushdie endorses Kamala Harris for US Presidency, praises her as key to preventing authoritarianism

Mumbai-born author Salman Rushdie endorsed Kamala Harris for US President, stating she is best positioned to prevent Donald Trump from steering the country toward authoritarianism, during a virtual event for Harris.

Dispute over Salman Rushdie's ancestral house: Delhi HC asks single judge to re-assess property value

A division bench of Justices Vibhu Bakhru and Amit Mahajan set aside the single judge's December 24, 2019 order pegging the value of the property at Rs 130 crore.

Author Salman Rushdie calls for defense of freedom of expression as he receives German prize

The British-American author decried the current age as a time when freedom of expression is under attack by all sides, including from authoritarian and populist voices, according to the German news agency dpa.

Salman Rushdie's latest comeback is inspirational and uplifting

Some remarkable examples of people who have fought back from crippling injuries.

Salman Rushdie attacks Roald Dahl rewrites as 'absurd censorship'

Novelist Salman Rushdie led condemnations Monday of Roald Dahl's children's books being re-edited for a modern audience.

Gandhys of Chemould: A biography and a documentary train the lens on the first family of Mumbai's art world

A biography by Jerry Pinto and a personal documentary by Behroze Gandhy on the Gandhys, their abode Kekee Manzil, and what it says about the intersection of engaged citizenry and art.

Book review: Why Salman Rushdie's Victory City is the perfect historical fiction for our time

Rewriting history, religious bias, gender bias - Rushdie seems to be responding to all of these prompts in Victory City.

Salman Rushdie's savage response to Twitter users who called him a 'chad' and his books 'sh*t'

Salman Rushdie said he has been suffering from PTSD after his knife attack in the US last year.

Salman Rushdie shares first photo after knife attack that left him partially blind

Salman Rushdie was blinded in his right eye and his left hand was badly injured after a man stabbed him onstage during a lecture in New York state last August. His new novel, 'Victory City', will be out soon.

Salman Rushdie releases excerpts of new book 4 months after stabbing

The celebrated author, 75, lost his vision in one eye and the use of one hand after he was attacked in New York in August.

Salman Rushdie has lost vision in one eye, hand disabled, says his agent

Celebrated author Salman Rushdie ,75, had been repeatedly stabbed on stage at an event in New York in August.

Why not Salman Rushdie? A short story of desire and disappointment

As we wail why why why did Salman Rushdie not win the Nobel Prize for Literature, our hearts are thumping and fists clenched.

India condemns attack on Salman Rushdie

India on Thursday denounced the "horrific attack" and wished Salman Rushdie a swift recovery in its initial response to the writer's stabbing.

Disputes about Salman Rushdie's ancestral properties tell a story of his family’s close links with Delhi

Anis Rushdie sold the ancestral family home in Ballimaran, old Delhi, to a cousin in early 1950s. But there was another house in Civil Lines, Delhi, that's now been valued at Rs 130 crore.

Salman and the sea of stories

It's been more than three decades since Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against Salman Rushdie for writing 'The Satanic Verses'.

Salman Rushdie attack suspect pleads not guilty to attempted murder, assault

Hadi Matar, 24, is accused of wounding Rushdie, 75, on Friday just before the "The Satanic Verses" author was to deliver a lecture on stage at an educational retreat near Lake Erie.

Salman Rushdie attack suspect to appear in court Thursday

On Friday, just before Rushdie, 75, was scheduled to give a speech on stage at an educational retreat near Lake Erie, Hadi Matar, 24, is suspected of stabbing him.

Salman Rushdie's attacker says he acted alone

Hadi Matar, of Fairview in New Jersey, was arrested last week and charged with second-degree attempted murder and assault after he stabbed Rushdie, 75, onstage at an event at the Chautauqua Institution in New York state.

Roots of attack on Salman Rushdie lie in British India, not in Iran

It was the Indian government, led by Congress, that had first banned Rushdie's "The Satanic Verses" under 295A section of criminal code which criminalises “insults” to religious and other social groups. It is a British-era law which is still in practice.

Surprised Salman Rushdie survived, says his 24-year-old attacker Hadi Matar

Hadi Matar, who stabbed Salman Rushdie in New York on August 12, accused the author of attacking Islamic beliefs with his book 'The Satanic Verses'.

Celebrity host Padma Lakshmi, Salman Rushdie’s ex-wife, on his recovery: ‘I can finally exhale’

Salman Rushdie and Padma Lakshmi were married from 2004 to 2007.