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Salman Rushdie on Free Speech, India and How He’s Making the Most of Life | The Mishal Husain Show

Salman Rushdie was nearly killed when he was stabbed 15 times on stage in upstate New York in 2022. His injuries were so severe that he lost an eye. It was an attack that came decades after he was first subjected to death threats over his novel, The Satanic Verses. Once he had recovered, he found he was unable to write fiction. However, after publishing an account of what happened to him, the stories returned, with five brought together in his latest book, The Eleventh Hour. In this conversation with Mishal Husain, Rushdie talks about free speech, the family connection they both share and the places he’s called home, from India to Britain and the US. 00:00 Introduction from Mishal Husain 01:20 “Don’t waste your time” 03:48 Writing as a form of optimism 05:00 Starting out as a writer 06:35 Meeting E.M. Forster as a teenager 09:15 “You write the story to find out what story you’re writing” 11:25 Writing Midnight’s Children 13:00 The family connection between Salman Rushdie and Mishal Husain 15:00 The women in the family 16:55 Getting together as a family 19:00 Returning to India to write about childhood 23:00 Reclaiming India 25:00 India today and Prime Minister Modi 26:54 “If you’re paying attention you see things coming” 27:15 The family reacts to Midnight’s Children 29:20 A farewell to India? 32:00 Before and after the fatwa 33:28 Defending free speech 35:16 Banning books in the US 39:35 Zohran Mamdani’s campaign 44:20 The next novel 46:00 “I’m a bit clumsier” -------- Read this interview with Mishal’s notes on Bloomberg Weekend: www.bloomberg.com/latest/weekend-interview Contact The Mishal Husain Show [email protected] Visit https://www.bloomberg.com/mishal Subscribe to Bloomberg Podcasts: https://bit.ly/BloombergPodcasts Visit us: https://www.bloomberg.com/podcasts For coverage on news, markets and more: http://www.bloomberg.com/video Visit our other YouTube channels: Bloomberg Television:    / @markets   Bloomberg Originals:    / bloomberg