With a literary career of five decades, Sir Salman Rushdie has been no stranger to death threats due to his controversial work. Born two months before the Indian independence from Britain, Salman Rushdie took his first gaze in Bombay now known as Mumbai. The controversial writer went on to win the illustrious Booker Prize in 1981 for his book, Midnight’s Children; the
Salman Rushdie attack: The 75-year-old writer remains on a ventilator after being airlifted to the hospital and undergoing hours of surgery following the attack in New York state.
Salman Rushdie, who won the Booker Prize for his novel Midnight s Children is still unable to speak after he was stabbed in the neck and abdomen by a man who apparently sympathised with Shia extremism and Iran s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Salman Rushdie stabbed: Salman Rushdie suffered an apparent stab wound to the neck and was transported by helicopter to an area hospital. A suspect has been taken into custody.