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Uniindia: New Delhi, Aug 13 (UNI) Salman Rushdie, literally the "midnight''s child" draws a close relation to his most celebrated title - being born in 1947, when India too announced her "tryst with destiny".
Salman Rushdie is on a ventilator, cannot speak, and will likely lose an eye, after the novelist was stabbed up to 15 times on Friday by a suspect police identified as a man from New Jersey.
Salman Rushdie attack: The 75-year-old writer remains on a ventilator after being airlifted to the hospital and undergoing hours of surgery following the attack in New York state.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations raised concerns that people might rush to blame Muslims or Islam after the author was stabbed at an event in New York.
Hitoshi Igarashi, who translated “The Satanic Verses,” was fatally stabbed at a university near Tokyo where he taught Islamic culture. The crime remains unsolved.