Midnight's Children Events: "Interview with Salman Rushdie & President Lee Bollinger"

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Midnight's Children Events: "Interview with Salman Rushdie & President Lee Bollinger"

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Recorded March 22, 2003 at Columbia University. Salman Rushdie and Columbia University President Lee Bollinger discuss Rushdie's novel "Midnight's Children", its context, relevance, and impact on both the public and Rushdie himself.
"I believe it is the responsibility of great universities to support the arts. This unparalleled partnership between Columbia, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Apollo Theater will yield a unique educational, artistic and community event."
-Lee Bollinger, President, Columbia University

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@cageynerd Жыл бұрын

Dude, I'm reading it and it is magical. The stories are woven so well but there is a British sensibility to it that I think non-traveled people will never understand.

@albertcourey6711 10 жыл бұрын

I watched the whole thing waiting for a discussion of Midnight's Children, but it never happened!! Rushdie is amusing and insightful and I especially enjoyed his comments on the universality of free speech as a value, but I was hoping to gain some specific insight into Midnight's Children.

@bhattkris 3 жыл бұрын

Incredibly people have forgotten his work which has a doubtful merit. His opinions are sought on politics of the day only and he says things which pleases his audience and it makes him a more desirable speaker the next time.

@willmpet Ай бұрын

I too came to hear a discussion of Midnight’s Children. I was amazingly let down by the extreme verbosity of the interviewer and the lack of Midnight’s Children discussion!

@ppatel75 10 жыл бұрын

always like to see interview of sulman rushdie. good articulation and funny and thorough

@thapaj68 13 жыл бұрын

So articulate and funny. And makes so much sense....

@ramdularsingh1435 2 жыл бұрын

The Nobel Committee of Sweden must award Salman Rushdie with the Nobel Prize for Literature or Peace or both soonest possible otherwise they shall regret the failure like many other brilliant authors like Leo Tolstoy James Joyce Nabokov Robert Frost W H Auden Philip Roth ..........

@frankb.baldwin2532 3 жыл бұрын

Free speech is my shining star. It's always bright, Mr. Rushville, even when I've nothing to say.

@Midorikonokami 12 жыл бұрын

'one of us is dead' XD Brilliant! At least now he can joke about it! Bless him.

@kiranrathod7469 3 жыл бұрын

This is like Peter Ebdon interviewing Ronnie O Sullivan. 😁

@niannah 12 жыл бұрын

Yes I do.

@Midorikonokami 12 жыл бұрын

You mean the interviewer right?

@TS50ER 9 жыл бұрын

Unlike the champagne, this Bollinger chap is decidedly flat.

@rosciusameria 13 жыл бұрын

Salman Rushdie is really charming and witty. The interviewer, however, is quite disagreeable. Even his breathing and his annoying "right"-sound are offensive I think.

@jadendiebold9969 11 жыл бұрын

The interviewer seems to be on heavy cold medication... dim, predictable questions delivered in a painfully slow manner... Couldn't they find someone a little snappier?