RKS Literature: 1965 Air India Flight from Bombay to London: Like the Mayflower (Salman Rushdie)

Welcome aboard the Mayflower, he greets them, seizing their hands as they pass by his seat, the terrified uncomprehending peasants from remote inland villages on their way to desert kingdoms, the perspiration sprinkled young executives in cheap suits, the frowning chaperones of a veiled young bride fainting in a pink gharana with too much goldContinue reading “RKS Literature: 1965 Air India Flight from Bombay to London: Like the Mayflower (Salman Rushdie)”