Rushdie According To Padma
Rushdie needed consoling every year he did not win the Nobel Prize, and their marriage was marred by jealousy and insecurity.
Rushdie needed constant care and feeding—not to mention frequent sex. Rushdie was insensitive to a medical condition that made intercourse painful for her.
When Padma started devoting more time to her profession, he felt sidelined. “I just wanted to also do something else on my own. I just wanted my own identity.”
Rushdie described her as “a bad investment” after she refused his sexual advances, and painted him as a cold and heartless husband.
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