n British writer of novels who was born in India; one of his novels is regarded as blasphemous by Muslims and a fatwa was issued condemning him to death (born in 1947)
Short on magic Deepa Mehta has filmed an attractive adaptation of Salman Rushdie's much-celebrated 1981 novel, but it's also dull — a disappointing fate for a magical story that's anything but.
June 14, 2013 - The Cincinnati Enquirer