Salman Rushdie is an extremely talented and ambitious man. Yet his scandals supercede that. First he writes a novel which goes on to become the Booker of Bookers. His next novel almost becomes another booker prize winner. He also writes a book on the alleged heretical verses and pisses off most of the Muslims, ergo, gets a fatwa launched against him ironically on Valentines’ Day. And ultimately gets knighted for his services to literature.
I remember my mother telling me once that he commented upon Indira Gandhi’s lips comparing it to a vagina.
Good Lord!
But he is determined to achieve something greater than all these trivial matters, something which will make him the undisputed king of the neo-age. What he truly wants is to break the record of Elizabeth Taylor. Nothing would give him more than to surpass the legendary actress’ unfathomable record.
He’s almost there.
One of the extraordinary things about human events is that the unthinkable becomes thinkable- Salman Rushdie
And correct you are sir. Indeed!
I remember reading TIME when Rushdie got married again. It had Rushdie quoted saying something about marriage being a holy union of beings. I found it rather amusing to see Rushdie believe in the sanctity of marriage considered it didn’t work for him the last three times. Imagine him at the altar and being asked for the fourth time, “Do you accept this women to be your lawfully wedded wife till death do you part?”
“I do”
Yeah it would have been true had the fatwa been carried out successfully. Yet fate would intervene.
Padmalakshmi. I guess the only thing wrong with her is her name. But then what’s in a name? I mean she’s so radiantly hot! Apparently she’s really intelligent. Must be hard for her because no one would be willing to listen to her because they’d all be undressing her in their head. Rushdie on the other hand could bear to control his lust for her for the sole reason that in 1999 he had an operation to correct a tendon condition that was making it increasingly difficult for him to open his eyes, so maybe he could pay more attention to what was coming out of her mouth rather than focus on what could go in.
But now it doesn’t matter.
Salman Rushdie has agreed to divorce his wife, Padma Lakshmi, because of her desire to end their marriage-New York Post
Our lives teach us who we are.-Salman Rushdie.
Care to elaborate and provide some more insight on this kind Sir?
