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Midnight's children

                Midnight's Children                                     - By Salman Rushdie - : About the Writer :-  Salman Rushdie (19 June, 1947), in full sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie, is an Indian born writer whose allegorical novels examine historical and philosophical issues by means of surreal characters, brooding humour and an effusive and melodramatic prose style. His treatment of sensitive religious and political subjects made him a controversial figure. He is best known for his fifth book, The Satanic verses. Which prompted a fatwa against him in 1989. But over the past 40 years he has published 16 others, including Midnight's Children - the winner of three Booker awards- and his latest novel, Two years Eight Months nand Twenty-Eight Nights. A disciplined worker by day and a socializer by night, he says he strives for writing that "stands the test...