A Dialogue with Edward Said (Midnight’s Children Festival Events, )

“A Dialogue with Edward Said“ March 5, 2003 Midnights Children Festival Events Moderated by Akeel Bilgrami JUMP TO: (0:00) Intro of Segment and Akeel Bilgrami, moderator. (2:29) Trajectory of Salman Rushdie’s writing (11:47) What was the impact of “Midnight’s Children“ on writers in the middle east? (15:18) Does “Midnight’s Children“ accurately capture the legacy of colonial rule in India? (17:30) Were the hopes of ex-colonized people ever really redeemed with the coming of independence? (21:04) Rushdie’s book “Shame“ emphasizes tremendous corruption among leaders in the context of being colonized, who true does that ring for you? (26:14) The importance in Rushdie’s work of having a genuine understanding of history (29:41) Forcastings and interplay between “Satanic Verses“ and “Midnight’s Children“ (32:37) Rushdie seems to be saying that there is something tyrannical about fundamentalist Islam that must be fought, even with a war if necessary. (37:28) Yet most muslims aren’t like that. Still they find it diff