Tag Archives: Salman Rusdie

Snakes, Ladders, and National Disunity

By Robin Bates | Published: February 26, 2018

Rushdie’s “Midnight’s Children” gives us profound insights into the forces that divide people–Indians as well as Americans–and also offers solutions.

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Leaders Who Make Their Own Reality

By Robin Bates | Published: February 15, 2018

What to make of Trump’s non-stop lying? Rushdie in “Midnight’s Chidren” describes what happens when “reality quite literally cease[s] to exist.”

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