Roots, I sometimes think, are a conservative myth, designed to keep us in our places. - Salman Rushdie
""
Roots, I sometimes think, are a conservative myth, designed to keep us in our places.
English
Collect this quote
About
Salman Rushdie
Sir Salman Rushdie (born Ahmed Salman Rushdie, Urdu: أحمد سلمان رشدی, Hindi: अह्मद सलमान रश्डी on 19 June 1947) is an Indian-born British novelist and essayist. Most of his work is set on the Indian subcontinent.
Biography information from
Wikiquote·
Portrait adapted from
Wikimedia Commons, Elena Ternovaja (CC BY-SA)
Also Known As
Native Name:
سلمان رُشدی
•
سلمان رشدی
Alternative Names:
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie
•
Rushdie
•
Ahmed Salman Rushdie
•
Joseph Anton
It is a funny view of the world that a book can cause riots.
Freedom is not a tea party, India. Freedom is a war.
"Religion, a mediaeval form of unreason, when combined with modern weaponry becomes a real threat to our freedoms. This religious totalitarianism has caused a deadly mutation in the heart of Islam and we see the tragic consequences in Paris today. I stand with Charlie Hebdo, as we all must, to defend the art of satire, which has always been a force for liberty and against tyranny, dishonesty and stupidity. ‘Respect for religion’ has become a code phrase meaning ‘fear of religion.’ Religions, like all other ideas, deserve criticism, satire, and, yes, our fearless disrespect."
[I Stand With Charlie Hebdo, as We All Must (Wall Street Journal, January 7, 2015)]
