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SECOND ANNUAL IAAC LITERARY FESTIVAL
in collaboration with Hunter College, CUNY, 625 Park Ave, NYC

OCTOBER 22-25, 2015
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Bombay Boys in New York: Salman Rushdie & Suketu Mehta
By Lavina Melwani on October 24, 2015
 
Salman Rushdie, Suketu Mehta and Amitava Kumar
Salman Rushdie, Suketu Mehta and Amitava Kumar (Photo – Lavina Melwani)
 
Bombay Bhel: Salman Rushdie & Suketu Mehta

It’s been called a ‘jugalbandi’ – this evening dedicated to Bombay shared by the two writers – Salman Rushdie and Suketu Mehta. When the two were introduced to the audience by writer Amitava Kumar, he put it succinctly: “Master story tellers – they are the djinns of stories! Though if I think of the state of Suketu’s liver, he’s the gin and Salman is the tonic.” To which Rushdie added, without missing a beat: “That makes you the slice of lime!”

‘The Bombay Boys’ at the IAAC Literary Festival was an evening of easy camaraderie between the writers. Rushdie wickedly drew everyone’s notice to how well-dressed Suketu was in his kurta, pajama and long jacket. When Rushdie read from his book, Mehta held the mike for him. When Mehta read, Rushdie always had a witty comment to share.  
 
Salman Rushdie & Suketu Mehta
Salman Rushdie & Suketu Mehta  (Photo – Lavina Melwani)
They spoke not only of Bombay but of the many fluid, vital cities which remain with you long after you’ve left them and that was something the audience, many of them from here, there and everywhere but sitting in New York, could really relate to.

It was a treat to hear Rushdie read from his new book, ‘Two Years, Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights’, taking us back to a disappearing Bombay. Mehta, author of ‘ Maximum City Bombay Lost & Found’, read from his work in progress, a book about his other loved city, New York. Read more>>
 
URL: http://www.lassiwithlavina.com/features/books/bombay-boys-in-new-york-salman-rushdie-suketu-mehta/html
  
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