Pakistan is alarmed by the rising Indian influence in Afghanistan, and fears that an Afghanistan cleansed of the Taliban would be an Indian client state, thus sandwiching Pakistan between two hostile countries. The paranoia of Pakistan about India’s supposed dark machinations should never be underestimated. Salman Rushdie Read Quote
Rohinton Mistry’s celebrated novel ‘Such a Long Journey’ was pulled off the syllabus of Mumbai University because local extremists objected to its content. Salman Rushdie Read Quote
Dissensions between Muslim nations run at least as deep, if not deeper, than those nations’ resentment of the West. Salman Rushdie Read Quote
The Koran was revealed at a time of great change in the Arab world, the seventh-century shift from a matriarchal nomadic culture to an urban patriarchal system. Salman Rushdie Read Quote
I don’t feel American. I do feel like a New Yorker. I think there’s a real distinction there. A city allows you to become a citizen even when you’re not a national. Salman Rushdie Read Quote
Hyperrealism can create an atmosphere of surrealism because nobody sees the world in such detail. Salman Rushdie Read Quote
I have been a film buff all my life and believe that the finest cinema is fully the equal of the best novels. Salman Rushdie Read Quote
I never thought of myself as a writer about religion until a religion came after me. Salman Rushdie Read Quote
In today’s U.S., it’s possible for almost anyone – women, gays, African-Americans, Jews – to run for, and be elected to, high office. Salman Rushdie Read Quote
