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Salman Rushdie Says ‘I Stand With Charlie Hebdo’ After Paris Attack
Award-winning author Salman Rushdie, who once received death threats for portrayals of Islam in his work, expressed his support for the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo after an attack that killed at...
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New Salman Rushdie novel goes to Penguin Books India
Penguin Books India has acquired a new novel by Salman Rushdie, the publishing house announced today. The novel titled, Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights, is a wonder tale about the way...
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Ban English, says Jnanpith winner, hits out at Naipaul and Rushdie
On a day he was declared winner of the 2014 Jnanpith award, India’s highest literary honour, Marathi writer Bhalchandra Nemade described English as a ” killer language” and calling for its banning from...
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Salman Rushdie hits back at Jnanpith winner Bhalchandra Nemade
Writer Salman Rushdie has lashed out at Jnanpith award-winning Marathi writer Bhalchandra Nemade for his comment that Rushdie’s works lacked literary merit. Shortly after being chosen for the...
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Maharashtra govt backs Nemade, plans action against Rushdie tweet
The Maharashtra government’s home department is examining the possibility of initiating action against Indian-born writer Salman Rushdie who used “objectionable language” against Jnanpith Award winner...
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Durban writer believes praise for Rushdie behind vicious attack
Durban writer Zainub Priya Dala believes she was assaulted for expressing admiration for controversial novelist Salman Rushdie, her publisher said: Mail & Guardian Durban writer Zainub Priya Dala...
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Salman Rushdie clashes with Peter Carey over honour for Charlie Hebdo
Freedom of expression award for French satirical magazine prompts literary boycott and row over limits of free speech and the right to offend: The Telegraph Salman Rushdie has condemned the decision of...
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Kitaab interview with Sreemoyee Piu Kundu: The Beheaded Writer–A Nation That...
By Rheea Mukherjee About the Author Sreemoyee Piu Kundu made her literary debut with Faraway Music, (Hachette) in 2013. Sreemoyee’s next book, Sita’s Curse (Hachette)– an erotic fiction, launched in...
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Salman Rushdie’s new novel is a swirling tale of genies and geniuses
According to Salman Rushdie’s new novel, most of what we know about genies is wrong, which makes me worry that I may have spent too much time watching Barbara Eden. The harem pants, the wish-granting,...
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Salman Rushdie: ‘I have no further interest in non-fiction’
The author on why his new novel is meant to be funny, his growing disinterest in news, and weaving idea, character and plot together: Salil Tripathi in Live Mint When I first met Salman Rushdie in...
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Iran threatens Frankfurt book fair boycott over Rushdie speech
Minister says The Satanic Verses author’s scheduled address next week ‘crosses one of our red lines’: The Guardian Iran is threatening to boycott the forthcoming Frankfurt book fair because organisers...
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Salman Rushdie: ‘We challenge fears. Literature is unafraid’
Facing down Iran’s insulted boycott, the author addressed Frankfurt Book Fair to passionately defend freedom of expression: The Guardian Salman Rushdie has said that “the guardians of freedom of speech...
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Padma Lakshmi Opens Up About Rushdie In Memoir
In the 324-page memoir, “Love, Loss and What We Ate,” Padma Lakshmi opens a window into her life, weaving together stories from her childhood, her love affairs and her work through the lens of the...
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Contradictions that define modern India: Review of Saeed Naqvi’s ‘Being the...
All in all, Saeed Naqvi’s new book titled Being the Other: The Muslim in India is a great contribution to understanding the making of Modern India and how the political economy succeeded in creating a...
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When literature travels from one language to another
Left to right: Rakhshanda Jalil (writer – Invisible City: The hidden Monuments of India), Urmila Pawar (Marathi writer), Radha Chakravarty (writer & translator), Nirupama Dutt (Journalist, writer...
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Literary agent Gillon Aitken of Aitken Alexander Associates passes away
Literary agent Gillon Aitken of Aitken Alexander Associates has died. Aitken died peacefully this morning (28th October) after a period of ill health. Clare Alexander said: “A towering figure in so...
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Major new novel from Salman Rushdie to be published this year
Penguin Random House India to publish a new novel by Salman Rushdie, The Golden House, in September 2017 Simultaneous publication: Penguin Random House India, Random House US, Jonathan Cape UK, and...
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The Lounge Chair Interview: 10 Questions with Swati Sengupta
By Aminah Sheikh Let’s get down to brass tacks. Why do you write? I write because I have stories to tell. Because I want to tell these stories in a particular way. Some characters, and a vague, blurry...
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Can Rushdie and Roy save the novel in the age of Trump and Modi?
By Angshukanta Chakraborty 2017 comes bearing gifts. At a time when the United States stands “unpresidented” and Donald Trump is unable to string a simple sentence together without committing grave...
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Why an increasing amount of South Asian writers are getting picked up by...
Gone are the days when readers would look up to international authors who had earlier set a benchmark for sophisticated literature. With Indians picking up more and more desi literature in English off...
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