It's a it's actually the the first thing i was ever given in my life. I was giveng it when i was one day old. And and i've kept it with me ever since, always somewhere close by. The ingot is engraved with the unpartitioned map of india. It just is a link to a childhood which i remember with great affection. Unlike the hero of midnight toran, whose childhood is somewhat fraught and troubled, i remember my childhood as beingsoo uneventfully happy. Could have chosen a hundred different songs, but i chose that one. They all sound wonderful. Looking forward to talking about them in detail.
For this archive episode from 2021, journalist and BBC News broadcaster Razia Iqbal is joined by the acclaimed author Salman Rushdie to discuss his cultural touchstones. The conversation focuses on topics such as his love of James Joyce, Bob Dylan and his affection for an amulet his father gave him as a young boy.
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