'That overdue Nobel must not be withheld any longer to the greatest living Indian writer,' he added. He further urged that it is about time that the 'greatest living Indian writer' gets the prestigious Nobel Prize. Quoting the book's last sentence 'Words are the only victors', the 67-year-old Congress leader, who is a bestselling author himself, said the 'wielder of these words is a victor too, and 'Victory City' is a triumph'.

Styled as a translation of an ancient epic, the novel is a tale of a woman who breathes a fantastical empire into existence, only to be consumed by it over the centuries. “I've just finished Salman Rushdie's magnificent & magical 'Victory City' - a fabulous recreation of the history of the Vijaynagar Empire through his magical-realist lens, brilliantly written as always, full of the verve and brio of a writer at the height of his powers,' Tharoor tweeted. Tharoor recently finished the Mumbai-born author's latest novel, 'Victory City', which is based around the medieval city of Hampi, the ruined site in Karnataka of the Vijayanagara empire. The Satanic Verses were withdrawn on the grounds that the devil had sent them to trick Muhammad into thinking they came from God, and devout Muslims deny that these verses ever existed.In effusive praise for Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, politician and author Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday asserted that the 'overdue' Nobel Prize should not be withheld any longer from the 'greatest living Indian writer'. These verses permitted prayer to three pre-Islamic Meccan goddesses, which is a stark violation of Islamic monotheism.

The novel's title refers to the Satanic Verses, a group of verses from the Qur'an that Muhammad - who is meant to be morally infallible - allegedly mistook for divine revelation. 'The Satanic Verses' was inspired by the life of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, whom Rushdie renames 'Mahound' - a derogatory term used by the English during the Crusades. The book explores themes of dislocation, the nature of good and evil, doubt, and the loss of religious faith. As they fall from the sky, one of the actors is transformed into the archangel Gabriel, while the other morphs into the devil. Published in 1988, 'The Satanic Verses' follows two Indian Muslim actors who magically survive a plane hijacking. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.

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