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If you’re looking for one of the all-time best books set in India, Midnight’s Children is a novel by Salman Rushdie that fits that bill. The story follows the main character, Saleem Sinai, a child born at the stroke of midnight. Saleem is born with special abilities that allow how to telepathically connect with 1,000…
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Salman Rushdie, who won the prize in 1981 for his novel “Midnight’s Children,” which tells the story of a young man in India who discovers he has magical powers and becomes embroiled in the country’s political and social upheaval.
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