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Salman Rushdie: Touchstones with Razia Iqbal
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Isat Is Tat, I'm in the Dead, Is It Political?
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Joyce had this idea that writing should be static, not dynamic. He disapproved of the idea that literature should be political. But his literature is full of politics. And yet he doesn't make the mistake of making his books based on political issues. O a result, they don't date. If your book is too rigidly linked to a particular matter, you know, then then it becomes like yesterday's papers. I was worried about this ate when i was writing midnight children,. There is this period in the mid seventies in india called the emergency. When missus garenthy suspended democracy three years ad an and took on authority. The book has a strong point of view
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