Second draft of life

Salman Rushdie was stabbed on August 12, 2022 at the Sotoqua Institution in New York. The assailant stabbed Rushdie 15 times. Neck, arms, chest, stomach and neck were deeply injured. 12,232 days after the 'fatwa' was issued, Ayatollah Khomeini-admirer attacked Rushdie. In his recently published memoir, Knife: Meditations after an Attempted Murder, Rushdie says, “I don't want to name him. My assailant, my would-be murderer.' He politely calls the assailant 'A'.

Rushdie was about to have a conversation with Ralph Henry Ridge, co-founder of the City of Asylum Petersburg. At the same time, the 24-year-old assailant threw a knife at Rushdie. 'A' said in an interview with the New York Post that he found out about Sotoqua's program through a tweet. He became a fan of Khomeini based on listening to Imams' speeches on YouTube. He had never read Rushdie's book.

Some people raised Rushdie's legs so that blood flow to the heart would not stop because the blood had flowed too much. Rushdie's clothes were cut and his legs were raised in the air. Rushdie has a vague memory of that time, "Someone lifted my legs with their arms." Like King Lear, I was not in my right mind.''The throat was profusely bleeding and someone had to press it with a palm. At that time, Rushdie felt that life is still long. His heart said - Rushdie lives and lives. The injuries were so deep that Rushdie could not tell his weight in one fell swoop. His answer was, 'Two four zero'.

Why don't you become a philosopher who gets bogged down in death-thoughts, he wants life to be prolonged. In January 1996, in Vanity Fair's 'Proust Quesnaire', Rushdie was asked, 'How do you want to die?' Rushdie's direct answer was, 'I don't want that.' At one point I didn't want to write this book. We were recording what happened to us in video, audio and photos,” he says. He was in two minds whether to make the shock and suffering of August 12 public. Rushdie wanted to write a narrative. However, a big non-narrative event of life gave birth to 'Knife'.

Chapter 6 has a conversation between Rushdie and 'A', but fictional. This dialogue is between Rushdie and a man he has only met for 27 seconds. Rushdie's literary prowess is to be reckoned with - in four sessions he talks to the attackers. However, shortly after the attack, Rushdie wanted to visit him in prison. However, wife Eliza and family members did not agree. The assailant called Rushdie an 'indiscretion'. Rushdie searches for more meaning with him in a fictional conversation, "It means you are pretending to be telling the truth." Rushdie tries to remind the attacker, "Something is not certain, even your tradition." Even your own philosophers said the same long ago. They say - everything can be explained, even books.' Rushdie is overwhelmed when the attacker does not understand anything even in imagination. I imagined, the conversation is over. As he has no imagination about me, I have no energy to imagine more about him.''The book is divided into 2 parts and 8 chapters Rushdie is traumatized. On top of that, losing the light of one eye is even worse. Yet Rushdie reminds himself through his characters and tries to get out of the 'trauma'. Through Salim Sinai's parents in 'Midnight's Children', Rushdie consoles himself, 'What cannot be fixed must be endured.'

How much does a man think of a knife? However, after the incident of August 12, Rushdie fell into a knife-idea. A knife can be used for everything from cutting a cake to uncorking a beer bottle. "Guns don't kill people, people kill people," said Rushdie. The main function of a gun is to cause damage, be it to people or animals. However, the purpose of the knife is many. A knife is definitely not like a gun. Rushdie played the same thing in his mind. He says, "Language is also a knife." It can cut through the world and reveal its meaning, inner workings, secrets and truths.' Indeed, Rushdie's language is like a sharp knife, but one that doesn't hurt anyone.

When death approaches, the rest of the world seems to be far away from you. At that time the words of sympathy increase the jijivisha. US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden condemned the attack, wishing Rushdie a speedy recovery. French President Emmanuel Macron issued a message that stands with Rushdie in the fight for freedom and conservatism. The then British Prime Minister Boris Johnson also stood by Rushdie. However, nothing was formally said by the Modi-led government of India, the country where Rushdie was born and which he loved. "Not a word came that day from India, where I was born and my source of inspiration," he says. CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury and Congress leader Shashi Tharoor condemned the attack.

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) causes not only physical and practical but also mental problems in people. Rushdie didn't have the problem of continuing to experience shocks and growing frustrations. "I didn't see any such symptoms. Whatever happened to me, I wrote this book. I still have bad dreams a few times a week. In some pages of the book, the dreams he saw are listed. Returning to Bombay is also his dream, 'I was dreaming of returning to my beloved Bombay (not Mumbai).

As soon as I got off the plane, I was about to kiss the floor, what I was looking up, the crowd was shouting at me, 'Dafa Ho.' Rushdie's 'Knife' can be an example of positive energy. Losing an eye has shaken Rushdie. "When the bandage was removed, the eyes were horrible. eye lost Damage to the optic nerve. He didn't take me, he took my eyes," he says. The book is about tragic attacks and traumas, but the interspersed literary references and digressions do not distract the reader. Cornell University professor Mary Jacobus discusses the interrelationship of memory, trauma, and history in Psychoanalysis and the Scene of Reading. Rushdie has also penetrated the reader by reminiscing about the terrifying event, mixing history and literature, which does not shock the reader, but makes him think. In the days after the attack, wife Eliza and Rushdie began recording videos together. Journaling is a great way to recover from trauma and trauma. American Psychiatrist Judith Herman in 'Trauma and Recovery' mentions three stages of post-traumatic recovery that can lead to a return to normal life. The first step is security, the second is memory and relaxation, and the third is connecting with normal life. Herman has recently suggested a fourth stage of coming out of 'trauma' - justice. In Rushdie's book, there are also romantic stories of meeting Eliza, who is also a poet, and love and marriage. In addition to some episodes of the 'The Satanic Verses' controversy, Rushdie has raised topics such as the politics of dictatorial tendencies that are growing in countries such as India, Russia, and America.

At a party, when a transparent glass door cannot be opened, Rushdie stumbles and gets hurt. That collision was the bridge that strengthened Rushdie-Eliza love. "If I hadn't bumped into the sliding glass door, Eliza and I would never have gotten into a cab together, that much is clear," says Rushdie. It was Eliza who came to take him home that day out of concern for Rushdie. They spent the night talking.

British writer Hanif Quraisi died suddenly in Rome 2 years ago. "When I was in the hospital, I was in a lot of pain. For hours there was nothing I could do. I could neither use my hands nor use the phone. I couldn't even send an email to anyone. I just stared at the wall. But staring at the wall is the best way to be creative.'

Milan Kundera used to say, 'The life of a bar. Whatever happens, you can't revise it.' In writing, hundreds of drafts are prepared. Writing is like Bhupi's satirical self-portrait - writing something, looking at it, not being satisfied, and again Write

! Kundera also used to say that there is no second draft of life. Rushdie also thought the same, but after coming out of the physical and psychological trauma of August 12, Rushdie has started to feel that life is giving him a second chance.

With the help of doctors and all his loved ones, Rushdie is now living the second 'draft' of life. And, he says, 'By a combination of luck, the skill of surgeons and the love of loved ones, I got a second chance in life, which Kundera thought was impossible.' They don't talk much. He has written extensively in 'The Good Faith' and 'Is Nothing Sacred'. When talking about 'Satanic Verses', he got so fed up that he says, 'I would have been happy if I never had to talk about Satanic Verses. Perhaps one day both my ill-fated book and its scoundrel author will be free again.' Rushdie rather enjoys the thought of a new book. Writer-friend Martin Amis used to say, 'When are you coming out with the next book?'

February 14, 1989 - Valentine's Day. Iranian Supreme Leader Khomeini issued a fatwa against Rushdie. He issued a fatwa against the book's author and everyone involved in its publication, saying that the book was written against Islam, the Qur'an and the Prophet Muhammad. India, Bangladesh, Sudan, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Malaysia and other countries banned the book. 12 people were killed in Mumbai and 6 people in Islamabad in violent anti-book protests.

Not only Rushdie, but the people involved in the publication of 'Satanic Verses' were made into stars. In July 1991, Japanese translator Hitoshi Igarashi was stabbed to death. Ittore Capriolo, an Italian translator, was seriously injured in the stabbing. William Nygaard, the Norwegian publisher of the novel, was shot three times in Oslo. A book created such a big buzz. Khomeini died in June of that year. For another 10 years after his death, Iran continued to issue an official fatwa against Rushdie. In 1998, then Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, who was considered a bit liberal, said that Iran would not support his assassination. Then after nearly 10 years of underground life, Rushdie came out.

Not only the Khomeinis, but also the then US President Jimmy Carter, writers John Berger, Germaine Greer, Roald Dahl, Khushwant Singh were seen protesting the 'Satanic Verses'. Khushwant was then the editorial consultant of Penguin India. The book was not published in India and there was a protest. Khushwant, who had read the 'typescript' of the book, suggested to the publisher, 'It can cause a big problem. It contains many derogatory references to the Prophet Muhammad and the Quran.

British writer Kenan Malik writes in 'From Fatwa to Jihad: The Rushdie Affair and its Legacy', 'The Satanic Verses were banned, whether they were read or not. Even if there is no literary and artistic quality in it. 'This book by Malik can be a moving dose for those who want to understand the politics of Rushdie-Milla relationship.

Many have alleged that the fictional story of 'The Satanic Verses' insulted the faith of Muslims. However, Rushdie has repeatedly said - 'This is pure imagination. This book is more about the fragmented state of mind of the immigrants who came to Britain, cultural transformation, injury to inferiority and self-esteem, love revenge London and Bombay than about Islam. Even if religious faith is attacked, it cannot be answered by knife or murder. I have no enmity with religion. Stand your ground, but don't impose your beliefs on others. Don't make religion a political weapon,' says Rushdie.

British writer Hanif Quraisi once said, 'Nowadays no one dares to write a work like Satanic Verses. Let's go beyond the issue of publication. Writers have been held captive. Without clean debate, a civilized society cannot be formed. Rushdie writes in the book "Languages ​​of Truth", "Democracy is not polite." Often it is like a shouting match in a public square. If we want to win in this, we must participate in the debate.' A character in 'Satanic Verses' says, 'It is the job of a poet to give names to the anonymous.'

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