RKS Literature: Emerging Rock n Roll in India as a Decadent Virus (Salman Rushdie)

He began to hold music responsible for the world’s ills and would even argue in his cups, that its practitioners should be wiped out, eradicated, like a disease. Music was a virus, an infection, and music lovers were comparable to those globe-trotting sexual immoralists whose nameless activities had resulted in the global spread of syphilis.

Salman Rushdie, “The Ground Beneath Her Feet”, 1999

Published by Robert K Stephen (CSW)

Robert K Stephen writes about food ,drink, travel, film, and lifestyle issues. He also has published serialized novels "Life at Megacorp", "Virus # 26, "Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog" and "The Penniless Pensioner" Robert was the first associate member of the Wine Writers’ Circle of Canada. He also holds a Mindfulness Certification from the University of Leiden and the University of Toronto. Be it Spanish cured meat, dried fruit, BBQ, or recycled bamboo place mats, Robert endeavours to escape the mundane, which is why he has established this publication. His motto is, "Have Story, Will Write."

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