![]() ![]() ![]() Salman Rushdie himself has suffered a great deal due to the fatwa and the lack of complete freedom of expression in our world. One of the events that combined both his passions and also led to a barrage of high quality writing from him was Salman Rushdie’s fatwa. I came across First Amendment Fundamentalism* through the writings of Christopher Hitchens, who was a lifelong crusader (pun intended) for freedom of expression and a self-confessed First Amendment Fundamentalist even before he launched his war against religion. ![]() And for the uninitiated, The Egg Man is from John Lennon's lyrics for I am the Walrus and Rushdie, in a nod to the Beatles, calls an erudite group of people Egg Heads, who are led by I. For my readers who don't speak Hindi, Kahani means story in Hindi, and it's the name of the city in Salman Rushdie's Haroun and the Sea of Stories that I've reviewed below. And I thought it might be a good idea to start with the post that gave this blog and its writer their names. Aside from writing content specifically for this blog, as I mentioned in my first post, I plan to repost some of my favourite pieces from my tumblr blog. ![]()
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