Salman Rushdie

May 02, 2023

Tharoor calls Salman Rushdie 'greatest living Indian writer', says Nobel long overdue

Tharoor recently finished the Mumbai-born author's latest novel, 'Victory City', which is based around the medieval city of Hampi, the ruined site in Karnataka of the Vijayanagara Empire.

February 07, 2023
'I sit down to write, and nothing happens,' says Salman Rushdie after stabbing

The award-winning novelist was stabbed before a speech in New York on August 12, 2022.
October 24, 2022
Salman Rushdie loses sight in an eye, one hand incapacitated after NY attack

Rushdie was stabbed in the neck and stomach on stage in front of a stunned audience on August 12 by 24-year-old New Jersey resident Hadi Matar.
August 25, 2022
India condemns attack on Salman Rushdie

The attack on Rushdie triggered global condemnation and an outpouring of support for the author.
August 18, 2022
Surprised to learn Salman Rushdie survived, says attacker

Matar, 24, said he considered late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini a great person but wouldn't say whether he was following a fatwa issued by Khomeini in Iran in 1989 that called for Rushdie's death.
August 16, 2022
Rushdie and supporters to be blamed for attack, not Tehran: Iran

In Iran's first official reaction to Friday's attack, ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said freedom of speech did not justify Rushdie's insults against religion.
August 14, 2022
Taslima disturbed after Pak cleric calls for her assassination

Known for her writings on the oppression of women and criticism of religion, several of her works are banned in Bangladesh, the country of her origin. She has been living in exile since 1994.

Salman Rushdie

Tharoor calls Salman Rushdie 'greatest living Indian writer', says Nobel long overdue

'I sit down to write, and nothing happens,' says Salman Rushdie after stabbing

Salman Rushdie loses sight in an eye, one hand incapacitated after NY attack

India condemns attack on Salman Rushdie

Surprised to learn Salman Rushdie survived, says attacker

Rushdie and supporters to be blamed for attack, not Tehran: Iran

Taslima disturbed after Pak cleric calls for her assassination

Rushdie taken off ventilator, can speak: reports

24-yr-old who stabbed Rushdie a sworn votary of Shiite fundamentalism

Salman Rushdie attacker pleads not guilty as author remains hospitalized