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Anatomy of a madness, Part 2

Anatomy of a madness, Part 2

I read The Satanic Verses in the winter of 1996-97, unemployed and frozen, and again in the winter of 2014-15, Charlie Hebdo on TV 24/7. The third time was in that magical realist summer of 2020, with a fresh-ish MFA to my name, to study the work as art. 12 August 2022: the author survived.

"Will Nupur Sharma ever lead a normal life? Should moderate Muslims speak up?" - A commentary - Part 1

"Will Nupur Sharma ever lead a normal life? Should moderate Muslims speak up?" - A commentary - Part 1

Is there anyone on earth apart from Muslims, with whom something as natural as friendship goes hand-in-hand with life-threatening risk? Sure, between Josef Stalin and Adolf Hitler, between Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin. But what kind of friendship is it when you have to watch you back all the time?

Words, propaganda and head of a newborn babe, Part 1

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Words, propaganda and head of a newborn babe, Part 1

It is possible that this was not a crime, but it was most certainly not a "botched surgery," as some are so anxious to declare.