Salman Rushdie says provoking people is in his DNA
Author Salman Rushdie, who was once condemned to death by a former Iranian spiritual leader, has said that provoking people is in his DNA.
Salman Rushdie is a ``poor'' and ``sub-standard writer'' who would have remained largely unknown but for his controversial book Satanic Verses, according to Markandey Katju, till recently a judge of the Supreme Court.