Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie is a Booker Prize winner, a leading post-colonial literary figure and a prominent activist for freedom of speech.

Argumentative Indians: Amartya Sen and Salman Rushdie in conversation

The "Amartya Sen Salman Rushdie" conversation took place on Sunday 30 April as part of the PEN New York World Voices festival. For more information see www.pen.

By Salman Rushdie and Amartya Sen

/ 8 May 2006

Freedom to write: Orhan Pamuk, Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie

The "Freedom to Write" lecture took place on Tuesday 25 April as the first of many events in the PEN New York World Voices festival. For more information

By Salman Rushdie, Orhan Pamuk and Margaret Atwood

/ 27 Apr 2006

Defend the right to be offended

I was in Washington just before the Iraq war began in March 2003 and was invited to speak to groups of senators from both parties. The most obvious distinction between

By Salman Rushdie

/ 7 Feb 2005

The war of liberation worth fighting for

It is 12 January 2003 and US president Bush has rallied his troops for what he calls “The first war of the 21st century”. What is your view of this crisis, where, briefly, do you stand? This is the question we are putting to people around the world, especially those with their own public reputatio

By Salman Rushdie

/ 12 Jan 2003