YES. the issue has been blown out of proportion. Please have some mercy on them.

RAJESH BERIWAL
St Xaviers College

YES. the Media is giving it too much attention. At the end of the day, it is their personal affair and the media should respect that.

VREEJITA BASU
Calcutta

NO. why blame the media' Didn’t Rushdie provide them with enough fodder by marrying a woman half his age'

SUBHAYU SAHA
Berhampore, Murshidabad

UNLIKE Rushdie, Padmalakshmi needs the hype. So her “close friends” are feeding juicy stories to the media.

ALAKANANDA CHAKRABORTY
Habra Kaminikumar Girls’ High School

NO. Rushdie is paying the price for being famous. The press has always been interested in the personal lives of celebrities.

KSHAMA AGARWAL
MCKVIE, Howrah

YES. the press should stop allotting so much space to the escapades of celebrities. Instead it should focus on more important news.

TANU MUKHERJEE
Durgapur

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