Salman Rushdie

Novelist Salman Rushdie led condemnations on Monday (Feb 20) of Roald Dahl’s children’s books being re-edited for a modern audience, calling it “absurd censorship” by “bowdlerising sensitivity police”.

“Victory City” tells the story of an Indian princess-poet with magical powers

Salman Rushdie lost sight in one eye and the use of one hand following an attack on stage at a literary event in western New York in August, his agent said.