Salman Rushdie quote: So India’s problem turns out to be the world’s problem. What happened in India has happened in God’s name.The problem’s ...

So India’s problem turns out to be the world’s problem. What happened in India has happened in God’s name.The problem’s name is God.

~ Salman Rushdie ~

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