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Rushdie's character has been much discussed in literary circles.<ref>The Internet Public Library's | Rushdie's character has been much discussed in literary circles.<ref>The Internet Public Library's | ||
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Sites about Midnight's Children http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/bin/litcrit.out.pl?ti=mid-335</ref> ''Midnight's Children'' is considered by many to be the author's masterwork<ref name="greatbooks.org"> | Sites about Midnight's Children http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/bin/litcrit.out.pl?ti=mid-335</ref> ''Midnight's Children'' is considered by many to be the author's masterwork<ref name="greatbooks.org">[https://web.archive.org/web/20061004022300/http://www.greatbooks.org/library/guides/midnights-children.html The Great Books Foundation: Midnight's Children]</ref><ref name=H2002>{{cite news | title=Handcuffed to History | date=27 October 2002 | url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mag/2002/10/27/stories/2002102700280500.htm | first=Shiraz | last=Sidhva | newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | accessdate=10 September 2018 }}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> and it has inspired a generation of writers on the subcontinent. Many authors have their work compared to it and their characters compared to Saleem Sinai.<ref>Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found | ||
Life lessons in a city of hope By [[Salil Tripathi]] {{cite web |url=http://www.suketumehta.com/independent.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-11-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205024739/http://suketumehta.com/independent.html |archivedate=2009-02-05 }}</ref> and focus on aspects of his complex character.<ref>Born again: Double parentage in Midnight's Children {{cite web |url=http://www.scholars.nus.edu.sg/landow/post/pakistan/literature/rushdie/bornagain.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-11-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20020822145313/http://www.scholars.nus.edu.sg/landow/post/pakistan/literature/rushdie/bornagain.html |archivedate=2002-08-22 }}</ref> The character has been discussed as being in many ways an autobiographical representation of Rushdie himself.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2008-02-11|title=Author Salman Rushdie says no more autobiographical characters|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1A1-D8UNUBF04.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202011354/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1A1-D8UNUBF04.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-02-02}}</ref> | Life lessons in a city of hope By [[Salil Tripathi]] {{cite web |url=http://www.suketumehta.com/independent.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-11-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205024739/http://suketumehta.com/independent.html |archivedate=2009-02-05 }}</ref> and focus on aspects of his complex character.<ref>Born again: Double parentage in Midnight's Children {{cite web |url=http://www.scholars.nus.edu.sg/landow/post/pakistan/literature/rushdie/bornagain.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-11-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20020822145313/http://www.scholars.nus.edu.sg/landow/post/pakistan/literature/rushdie/bornagain.html |archivedate=2002-08-22 }}</ref> The character has been discussed as being in many ways an autobiographical representation of Rushdie himself.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2008-02-11|title=Author Salman Rushdie says no more autobiographical characters|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1A1-D8UNUBF04.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202011354/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1A1-D8UNUBF04.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-02-02}}</ref> | ||