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“Indira Gandhi had recently been assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards and the whole Sikh community of Delhi was paying the price. The Rajiv Gandhi prosecuted nobody for these murders, in spite of much hard evidence identifying many of the killers.”

Quote by Salman Rushdie

Book:Step Across This Line: Collected Nonfiction 1992-2002

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Step Across This Line: Collected Nonfiction 1992-2002

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Salman Rushdie (born June 19, 1947) is a British-Indian novelist and essayist. Known for his magical realism style, his novel Midnight's Children won the Booker Prize in 1981. His works often explore themes of cultural conflict, religion, and politics. In 1988, his novel The Satanic Verses sparked global controversy, leading to a fatwa issued by Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini calling for his assassination. Rushdie spent years in hiding under police protection. He remains a prominent voice in contemporary English literature, celebrated for his literary innovation and defense of free expression. more

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