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Saleem and telepathic
Saleem acts as a telepathic conduit, bringing hundreds of geographically disparate children into contact while also attempting to discover the meaning of their gifts.

Saleem and Midnight
The Emergency signals the end of the potency of the Midnight Children, and there is little left for Saleem to do but pick up the few pieces of his life he may still find and write the chronicle that encompasses both his personal history and that of his still-young nation ; a chronicle written for his son, who, like his father, is both chained and supernaturally endowed by history.

Saleem and India
The protagonist and narrator of the story is Saleem Sinai, born at the exact moment when India became an independent country.
Saleem is born precisely at midnight, August 15, 1947, and is, therefore, exactly as old as the independent republic of India.
He also named Saleem Malik ( Pakistan ), Mohammed Azharuddin and Ajay Jadeja ( India ).
Historians Ruth Vanita and Saleem Kidwai, in their pioneering book, Same-Sex Love in India: Readings from Literature and History, for the first time compiled extracts from Indian texts, from ancient to modern times, including many Hindu texts, translated from 15 Indian languages.
Mumtaz, was born to Abdul Saleem Askari and Shadi Habib Agha ( originally of Indo-Iranian descent ) in Bombay now Mumbai, India, on 31 July 1947.

Saleem and its
The story is told by its chief protagonist, Saleem Sinai, and is set in the context of actual historical events as with historical fiction.

Saleem and political
For a time Saleem is held as a political prisoner ; these passages contain scathing criticisms of Indira Gandhi's overreach during the Emergency as well as a personal lust for power bordering on godhood.

Saleem and by
' Once upon a time ,' Saleem muses, ' there were Radha and Krishna, and Rama and Sita, and Laila and Majnun ; also ( because we are not unaffected by the West ) Romeo and Juliet, and Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn ," ( 259 ).
Indian-American actor Satya Bhabha will play the role of Saleem Sinai while other roles will be played by Shriya Saran, Seema Biswas, Shabana Azmi, Anupam Kher, Siddharth Narayan, Rahul Bose, Soha Ali Khan, Shahana Goswami, Anita Majumdar and Darsheel Safary.
The West Indies failed to live up to expectations by not even qualifying for the semifinals ( in part because of Courtney Walsh's refusal to mankad Saleem Jaffar ).
The word " Lollywood " was first coined in the summer of 1989 in the now-defunct magazine Glamour published from Karachi by a gossip columnist Saleem Nasir.
Al-Ahram was founded in 1875 by two Lebanese brothers, Beshara Takla and Saleem Takla, who were living at that time in Alexandria.
British-Indian actor Satya Bhabha will play the role of Saleem Sinai while other roles will be played by Shriya Saran, Seema Biswas, Shabana Azmi, Anupam Kher, Siddharth Narayan, Rahul Bose, Soha Ali Khan, Shahana Goswami and Darsheel Safary.
Formed in 2003 by several college students, it was headed by Pakistani artist and graphic designer, Safwat Saleem.
'* Zikr us Parivash Ka ': Begum Akhtar in Lucknow, by Saleem Kidwai in Shaam e Awadh: Writings on Awadh, edited: Veena Oldenberg, Penguin Book, 2007, New Delhi.
* Curing the Resource Curse by Saleem H. Ali
* Palestinian-Born Playwright Offers Insight and Hope for the Peace in the Middle East ( September 9, 2003 )-Article on Saleem by Michael Austin.
* 1997: director, co-producer-Salam Shalom: A Tale of Passion by Saleem for Make Believe Productions at PACT Theatre, Sydney, Australia.
* Kilometre Zero by Hiner Saleem
The series was written by Chuck Dixon, with art by Ryan Benjamin and inking by Saleem Crawford.
* Long Live the Bride and the Liberation of Kurdistan, ( 1997 ), by Hiner Saleem.

Saleem and .
Saleem later becomes involved with the Indira Gandhi-proclaimed Emergency and her son Sanjay's " cleansing " of the Jama Masjid slum.
Nicholas Stewart in his essay, " Magic realism in relation to the post-colonial and Midnight's Children ," argues that the " narrative framework of Midnight's Children consists of a tale – comprising his life story – which Saleem Sinai recounts orally to his wife-to-be Padma.
This self-referential narrative ( within a single paragraph Saleem refers to himself in the first person: ' And I, wishing upon myself the curse of Nadir Khan.
' and the third: ' I tell you ,' Saleem cried, ' it is true.
The events in Rushdie's text also parallel the magical nature of the narratives recounted in Arabian Nights ( consider the attempt to electrocute Saleem at the latrine ( p. 353 ), or his journey in the ' basket of invisibility ' ( p. 383 )).
Walsh is also famous for his sportsmanlike gesture of not mankading last man Saleem Jaffar of Pakistan in a World Cup match in 1987, which cost the West Indies the match and a place in the semi-finals.
Relying to this, Emeritus Professor Dr Shad Saleem Faruqi concludes Kelantan has no constitutional right to regulate it and to receive compensation for it.
Few years later she married Dr. Kheri Oglu, together they had two sons Ali and Saleem
The 1999 elections saw them maintain three seats, with Barakeh and Issam Makhoul replacing Ahmad Sa'd and Saleh Saleem.
Middle row ( L to R ): Wasfi al-Atassi, Ahmad Muraywed, Shukri al-Quwatli, Bahjat al-Shihabi, Saleem al-Attar, Zaki al-Tamimi, Husni al-Barazi.
Among them are Marina Mahathir, daughter of former Prime Minister Tun Mahathir Mohamed, Tan Sri Lin See Yan, former deputy governor of Bank Negara, Martin Khor ( since 1978 ), former head of the Third World Network, Shad Saleem Faruqi, law professor, Karim Raslan and Azmi Sharom.
According to constitutional scholar Shad Saleem Faruqi, the Constitution has been amended 42 times over the 48 years since independence as of 2005.
With the departure of Imran Khan and Saleem Malik shortly thereafter, Pakistan still required 115 runs at a rate of 7. 67 runs per over with veteran Javed Miandad being the only known batsman remaining at the crease.

using and telepathic
The Doctor later displays his telepathic communion powers in " Fear Her " and in " The Shakespeare Code ", where by using his mind melding technique he is partially able to relieve a man of his mental illness as he traces back through his memories.
Sage continues to serve as Shinobi's assistant, much as she had with his father, and she also begins using her telepathic skills more openly.
Finally the crew attempted to locate and destroy Mantrid himself, using Lyekka's telepathic abilities, who could locate Mantrid's mind with relative ease now that most other life in the universe was gone.
In fact, not only is T ' Pol telepathic, but the episode Affliction revealed that she is able to communicate with Charles ' Trip ' Tucker, III over great distances using her new-found mental abilities.
It was eventually liberated by the Betazoids using telepathic emotional projection against the Jem ' Hadar.
The Shing exercise control over these people using various strategies of indirect control, including divide and rule and deceptive telepathic mental control known as mind-lying.
Among these genetic dabblings, the Vorlons manipulated the younger races to see them as angelic creatures, using their telepathic abilities to shield their true form from the beings they manipulated.
Psylocke decides instead of predictably using her psychic knife, to instead subtlety bind his nexus in telepathic shadow tendrils, essentially trapping him in the astral plane while she focuses her power on him.
Once again, Orion abandoned his Mother Box, giving it to Oracle while he confronted Mageddon at full ferocity, Oracle using it to set up a telepathic online network that could coordinate the heroes as they fought to stop the wars that Mageddon's presence was inciting.
The only person seen using Cerebro effectively in the films is Xavier ; Jean Grey successfully used the device to locate Magneto in the original film, but the input overwhelmed her nascent telepathic power and left her stunned.
In the film, Emma Frost comments on her perception of Xavier's increased telepathic range when using Cerebro, which she feels despite being some thousands of miles away.
Jean Grey was also noted to use Cerebro frequently and it would amplify her telepathic powers as it did for Professor X. Jean Grey in this animated series did not always join the X-Men on their field missions but rather monitored them telepathically using Cerebro's help.
But Rowan beats him to the punch, using her strong telepathic abilities to cause a stroke.
While the entire human population seems to have some capacity for telepathic communication ( in the book called " The Night Hearing "), the main character has unusually strong abilities and is capable of communicating with his lost love using his " brain-elements.
# Read the thought of another person using telepathic powers.
Mamba can generate Darkforce without first using her telepathic power on an opponent, but with much less efficiency as the target is aware and can avoid the relatively slow-moving Darkforce cloud easier.
Graduating from high school, he is recruited by another telepath to work for a secret government agency, fighting against communists and other " enemies of freedom " who are using their own telepathic agents against the West.
Despite the fact Molly's mutation is entirely different from her telepathic parents, her eyes still glow a violet-pink when using her powers, just like her parents.
For example, by using " solid light vibrations ," essentially resonating the target's inner ear, he was able to approximate telepathic communication.
He is depicted as a telepathic mutant terrorist posing as a philanthropist who plans on taking over the government using a group of young mutants ( consisting of Skids, Boom Boom, Rusty Collins, Rictor, and Whiz Kid ) under his mental control.
By countering and putting down these threats to his life ( using telepathic bodyguards as defense ), the leader gains the respect of the people.

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