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Calcutta, India

Well, I made several attempts to write something to fill in this space. But every time I decided to key in my words, Mr. Robert Zimmerman of Duluth, Minnesota appeared at the top of my thoughts, reminding me of my worries and of the changes that came over me. This is going to be my last attempt at writing a few words about myself on Facebook. Saleem Sinai was born at the midnight toll of 15 August 1947. No, I am not Rushdie’s hero, nor do I pretend to be one. I was born twenty-nine years later, in 1976, at the midday toll of 3 November. History is to me, as it was to the Stephen of "Ulysses," a haunting nightmare, and I find no easy way out of the historical labyrinth in which I am trap