Indian War Drums: Rushdie, Naipaul, and the Subcontinent's challenge.(authors Salmn Rushdie and V.S. Naipaul and Hindu-Muslim relations in India) From: National Review | Date: April 8, 2002| Author: Pryce-Jones, David | COPYRIGHT 2002 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Like most British writers, I willingly contributed to the fund to defend Salman Rushdie when Ayatollah Khomeini issued his notorious fatwa against him. But as I read The Satanic Verses, its so-called "magic realism" struck me as a cop-out from the writer's primary task of getting at the truth of life as it is. Rushdie, I understood, is another spoiled British leftie, determined to attack the privileges he enjoys. It was disappointing that even with the round-the-clock protection pr...

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