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To be born again,' sang Gibreal Farishta tumbling from the heaveans, 'first you have to die. Ho ji! Ho ji! To land upon the bosomy earth, first one needs to fly Tat-taa! Takatun! How to ever smile again, if first you won't cry? How to win the darling's love mister, without a sigh?

Salman Rushdie

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Salman Rushdie
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 19
Actor
Essayist
Novelist
Screenwriter
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Bombay
Rushdie
Joseph Anton
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie
First
Winning
Mister
Needs
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Tumbling
Love
Upon
Sang
Born
Darling
Earth
Sigh
Ever
Cry
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