Salman Rushdie: Artists are more vulnerable than ever

Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children refers to the day when clicking an image of a bridge would make one a suspect. The real world of the 1960s was perhaps more 'ghostly' in Kashmir. The barber's shop beside Palladium Cinema at Lalchowk was a ...

The situation By Rushdie Oudia and James Omoro KISUMU; KENYA: Police in parts of Nyanza Province had a difficult time controlling angry residents protesting the declaration of President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta's election as valid. Groups of rioters ...

Many of the names are unfamiliar now, but they are the Martin Amis, Salman Rushdie and Jeanette Winterson of the future. For the fourth time in 30 years, Britain's Granta magazine has published an issue celebrating the Best of Young British ...

Salman Rushdie, the British Indian novelist, has a piece in The New York Times entitled "Wither Moral Courage"? He is saddened that we have "no Gandhis, no Lincolns anymore" and that those who do stand up to the "abuses of power and dogma" are ...

An Open Letter to diehard secularists who were chastising us for opposing the fascist government of Hasina Wajed Dear Mr Javed Anand, What do you say about this kristallnacht? Are these fascists worthy of your support? Should they themselves not be ...

Dan Brown has sold 200 million books in 52 languages, penned the global phenomenon The Da Vinci Code The stats are certainly impressive, but Dan Brown's writing divides many discerning readers, making him the marmite of modern literature. Salman ...

As the Benghazi hearings continue and the government cover-up becomes all the more clear, it's important that we ask ourselves how America developed this phobia of appearing Islamophobic. Why are we so unwilling to connect the dots? As ...

Following a rich scholarly life, al-Razi died quietly at his home in Rey, surrounded by his students. Mahendra Singh Dhoni—the closest India has to a living god—is discovering the world has become somewhat touchier in the millennia since.

Aamir among most influential people in the world! Bollywood star Aamir Khan has been featured on one of the seven special covers of Time magazine listing the world's 100 most influential people. Aamir Khan, 48, who won praise from composer AR ...