Word: indianness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Joking that it was "definitely the first time I've ever read in a church," the Indian novelist Salman Rushdie read before several hundred people Monday night at the First Parish Church of Cambridge...
...author whose novels have consistently irked authority figures both religious and secular, Rushdie made no exception on Monday, selecting an excerpt that satirized corruption in the Indian government...
...cited the Indian subcontinents and New Guinea as being very diverse, each with thousands of different languages. In contrast, in places like tropical southeast Asia, people speak very similar languages and look very similar as well, he said...
...cited the Indian subcontinents and New Guinea as being very diverse, each with thousands of different languages. In contrast, in places like tropical southeast Asia, people speak very similar languages and look very similar as well, he said...
...Ground Beneath Her Feet is Rushdie's first novel set primarily in America, though the main characters are Indian and a good chunk of the book takes place there. The first third of the book is a dense, atmospheric and compelling look at India during the beginning of British decolonization. The novel's featured three-some, beautiful Vina Apsara, musically gifted Ormus Cama and the narrator, Rai, are united early through friendships and tragedy. Vina, relocated to India from America after the murder of her family is adopted by Rai's parents, the Merchants. Soon, Vina meets Ormus Cama...