Salman Rushdie, whose 12th novel Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights is out today, has more than a million followers from around the world on Twitter. But for some strange reason, south Asians, particularly Indians, feel compelled to periodically ask him stupid questions, many of them in bad English. And they are invariably met with a typically Rushdie riposte — pithy, acerbic, scornful and always funny. Here are some of best exchanges:
A misspeller who called him a harami
This guy mistook him for Santa Claus
Rushdie’s definition of piracy
The grammar lesson.
Rushdie on his current girlfriend
He gets asked to ‘lower’ his ‘English’ standard
On being the best even if you’re (erm) a hat.
When Rushdie gives you writing tips
When he’s wished for his ‘sister’s wedding’
He finally loses his patience.
More Nonsense.
When he finally confesses his love for trolls
