Salman Rushdie Interview: Mumbai-born and well-known author Salman Rushdie said on Monday (February 6) for the first time after the murderous attack on him last year that I was lucky to have survived it. The author spoke to the media for the first time on August 12 last year about the attack on him at an event in New York.
Speaking to the media, Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie said, “I am grateful to those who showed solidarity with me.” He said, “I am able to get up and walk now. I am fine, but some parts of my body need constant monitoring. It was a massive attack.”
thanked his well wishers
In his first interview since the attack, the author told The New Yorker magazine that he was grateful to those who supported him and his family. It also includes his sons Zafar and Milan. Rushdie said, “He never considered how people would react if he was assassinated.” “I have tried very hard to avoid condemnation and bitterness over the years,” he said.
Booker Prize-winning novel
He said, “I have written many books. ‘The Sanetic Verses’ was my 5th published book. My 4th published novel and this (Victory City novel) is my 21st novel. Three quarters of my life has passed since the fatwa came. In a way, you can’t regret taking your life.” Rushdie was awarded the Booker Prize for his novel ‘Midnight’s Children’.
Said this on the blasphemy controversy
When asked whether Iran’s former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini was wrong not to exercise vigil many years after issuing a fatwa to kill him for alleged ‘blasphemy’ in his novel ‘The Satanic Verses’? To this he said, “I am asking this question to myself as well and I don’t know the answer. I have done this for more than 20 years of my life. So is it a mistake.”
Deadly attack happened last year
His new novel ‘Victory City’ was completed before the attack. This is about Hampi in Karnataka. Please tell that there was a fatal attack on Rushdie on August 12 last year. At that time he was giving a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution located in Victory City. During the program, a person climbed on the stage and attacked him several times with a knife and also punched him. In this attack, his one eye and one kidney were affected. Due to this attack, he has lost the sight of one eye.
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