Vijay Mishra changed forever when a cinema opened in his Fijian town, in 1951. He traces Bollywood’s shift from multicultural fantasy to Hindu nationalism.
- Emeritus Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Murdoch University
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La fatwa lancée contre lui en 1989 a transformé Salman Rushdie en icône culturelle représentant l’importance de la liberté d’expression de l’écrivain.
Salman Rushdie, gran escritor y defensor a ultranza de la libertad de expresión, está sometido a una amenaza de muerte desde hace más de 30 años. El pasado viernes estuvo a punto de morir apuñalado en Nueva York.
Salman Rushdie, great writer and outspoken defender of writers’ freedom of expression, has been under a fatwa for more than 30 years. He’s set to recover from a shock stabbing last Friday in New York.
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