Irrfan moves from Mira Nair to Deepa Mehta". Hindustan Times. 20 January 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2010 . Retrieved 13 March 2010. In 1999, Rushdie had an operation to correct ptosis, a problem with the levator palpebrae superioris muscle that causes drooping of the upper eyelid. According to Rushdie, it made it increasingly difficult for him to open his eyes. "If I hadn't had an operation, in a couple of years from now I wouldn't have been able to open my eyes at all", he said. [30]

Satire — and the right of comedians to offend — has become an increasingly charged issue in the United States. But the moral center of the evening was the struggle against government repression. In Indian politics, Rushdie has criticized the Bharatiya Janata Party and its chairperson, current Prime Minister Narendra Modi. [176] [177]

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Following the novel Fury, set mainly in New York and avoiding the previous sprawling narrative style that spans generations, periods and places, Rushdie's 2005 novel Shalimar the Clown, a story about love and betrayal set in Kashmir and Los Angeles, was hailed as a return to form by a number of critics. [11] Gabbatt, Adam (14 September 2023). " 'We're facing another old enemy': Rushdie warns against global authoritarianism". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023 . Retrieved 29 October 2023. Sir Rubbish: Does Rushdie Deserve a Knighthood", Times Higher Educational Supplement, 20 June 2007. The publication of The Satanic Verses by Viking Penguin in September 1988 caused immediate controversy in the Islamic world because of what was seen by some to be an irreverent depiction of Muhammad. The title refers to a disputed Muslim tradition that is related in the book. According to this tradition, Muhammad ( Mahound in the book) added verses ( Ayah) to the Qur'an accepting three Arabian pagan goddesses who used to be worshipped in Mecca as divine beings. According to the legend, Muhammad later revoked the verses, saying the devil tempted him to utter these lines to appease the Meccans (hence the "Satanic" verses). However, the narrator reveals to the reader that these disputed verses were actually from the mouth of the Archangel Gabriel. The book was banned in many countries with large Muslim communities (13 in total: Iran, India, Bangladesh, Sudan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Thailand, Tanzania, Indonesia, Singapore, Venezuela, and Pakistan).

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While Rushdie claimed to have written letters demanding an additional amount of Rs 1 lakh so that he could furnish a bank guarantee for the necessary tax clearance, the Jains maintained that they were only required to pay the sum directly to the income tax authorities, and not to Rushdie.June 2007 Rushdie knighted in honours list". BBC News. 15 June 2007. Archived from the original on 23 August 2007 . Retrieved 16 June 2007. Terry Eagleton; Michael Kustow; Matthew Wright; Neil Morris (12 July 2007). "Letters: Writers challenging so-called civilisation". The Guardian. Scott Trust Limited. Archived from the original on 21 June 2015 . Retrieved 20 June 2015. Kamen, Al (15 August 2022). "In 1992, Salman Rushdie wasn't sure he'd ever be safe". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022 . Retrieved 26 June 2023. Malik, Kenan (29 September 2018). "The Satanic Verses sowed the seeds of rifts that have grown ever wider – Kenan Malik". The Observer. Archived from the original on 3 December 2018 . Retrieved 24 December 2018– via www.theguardian.com. Rushdie has married five times and divorced four times, and has had at least one other significant relationship. He was first married to Clarissa Luard, [16] literature officer of the Arts Council of England, [17] from 1976 to 1987. The couple had a son, Zafar, born in 1979, [18] who is married to the London-based jazz singer Natalie Rushdie. [19] He left Clarissa Luard in the mid-1980s for the Australian writer Robyn Davidson, to whom he was introduced by their common friend Bruce Chatwin. [20] Rushdie and Davidson never married, and they had split up by the time his divorce from Clarissa came through in 1987. Rushdie's second wife was the American novelist Marianne Wiggins; they were married in 1988 and divorced in 1993. [21] [22] His third wife, from 1997 to 2004, was British editor and author Elizabeth West; [23] [24] they have a son, Milan, born in 1997. [25] In 2004, very shortly after his third divorce, Rushdie married Padma Lakshmi, an Indian-born actress, model, and host of the American reality-television show Top Chef. Rushdie stated that Lakshmi had asked for a divorce in January 2007, [26] and later that year, in July, the couple filed it. [27] [28] In 2021, Rushdie married American poet and novelist Rachel Eliza Griffiths. [29]