|
|
 Email this Page |  Write to us
'It is one of the great myths that has grown up'
June 4, 2008
The Mumbai-born author, who shot to fame with Midnight's Children, a fabulous tale of post-Independence India, said if one were to go out on the street and ask people as to who Akbar's queen was, nine out of ten would say Jodhabai. "And yet, she did not exist. So, I thought maybe she did not exist then, but everybody thought she did and that gave me the idea (of mentioning Jodhabai) in the book," he said.
Rushdie, who read excerpts from his novel for about 20 minutes in front of a standing room only audience at the museum, had a brief question-answer exchange with former United Nations under secretary general and novelist Shashi Tharoor who praised The Enchantress of Florence, saying he was "enthralled and not enchanted."
Image: Salman Rushdie at the event
Also read: The Salman Rushide interview
|
|
|
Advertisement
