Discover India! Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie (1981).

The novel is set in India, during the time of the Partition of India.

It follows the life of Saleem Sinai, a boy born at the exact moment of India's independence.

Saleem is endowed with special powers, including the ability to telepathically communicate with other children born at the same time.

The story follows Saleem’s life through his childhood and adulthood, and his experiences of the changing political and cultural landscape of India.

Saleem finds himself in the middle of a struggle between the newly-independent India and the old colonial power, Britain.

The novel is an exploration of the links between nationhood, family and identity.

Rushdie’s use of magical realism and allegory to explore the themes of the novel makes the novel a unique and powerful read.

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