"Sad Day, Worse If...": Shashi Tharoor's Post After Salman Rushdie Stabbed
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Calling it a sad day, the Congress leader, who has reviewed Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, said that it is "worse if creative expression can no longer be free and open".
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor today tweeted to say that he was "utterly horrified and shocked" by the stabbing of Salman Rushdie at an event in the US, as he wished the Indian-origin author a complete recovery from his wounds. Calling it a sad day, the Congress leader, who has reviewed Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, said that it is "worse if creative expression can no longer be free and open". Utterly horrified & shocked by the stabbing of @SalmanRushdie. Wish him a speedy & complete recovery from his wounds, even though, with a sinking heart, I recognize that life for him can never be the same again. A sad day, worse if creative expression can no longer be free &open.
Mr Rushdie, 75, is on ventilator and could lose an eye, doctors treating him have said. Police have identified his attacker.
