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One Of The Reasons My Name Is Rushdie Is That My Father Was An Admirer Of Ibn Rush'd, The 12th Century Arab Philosopher Known As Averroes In The West. In His Time, He Was Making The Non-literalist Case For Interpreting The Koran.

When 'midnight's Children' Came Out, People In The West Tended To Respond To The Fantasy Elements In The Novel, To Praise It In Those Terms. In India, People Read It Like A History Book.

I Write Books I'd Enjoy Reading, I'm The Reader Standing Behind My Shoulder.

If You Have Children You Worry About The World You're Leaving Them.

Sometimes When You Finish A Book, You Don't Know Quite What You've Got.