Dear Mr. Rushdie,
Hope you and lakshmi had an enjoyable honeymoon and
have settled down to the quiet domesticity.
Do you recall, Salman [presumptious of me , but now
that you live in New York, perhaps the stiff upper lip
has given way to a more easy informality]. Do you
recall the reaction of the late husband of our newly
elected PM to the Satanic verses? He banned it, the
first country in the world to do so, the largest
democracy in the world no less, just because a fanatic
persian said so.
And our lunatic neigbors to the west [to which
country, members of your family emigrated] outdid us,
of course. True believers, they had to better than the
kafirs next door! They sentenced you to death!! and
made a movie in which this blood thirsty fanatsy was
enacted.
Democracy, Mr Rushdie is wonderful thing, but in hot,
poor countries, a lttle forgetfulness goes a long way.
--- Mervyn Lobo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> India's New Era
>
> By Salman Rushdie
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