Rushdie Wields His ‘Knife’ 

Winner of The Booker of Bookers, Midnight's Children writer Salman Rushdie needs no introduction, and he deserves a badge as a global free speech fighter since August 12, 2022. On that fateful day, he was stabbed 12 times within twenty-seven seconds when he was about to participate in an interaction about the importance of keeping writers safe from harm on the shore of Chataquae Lake, 400 miles west of the Statue of Liberty, United States.