So What Was It That Attracted You to Mrs Rushdie, Salman? Author's Wife Causes a See-Through Sensation ... and Shocks the Literati
Byline: HENRY MELLER
THEIR marriage was undoubtedly a meeting of minds.
He is one of the world's best known authors. She is a university graduate who speaks five languages, as well as being a United Nations women's ambassador.
But as Salman Rushdie and his fourth wife Padma Lakshmi strolled hand-in-hand through Rome, her other less cerebral attributes were also apparent.
The almost transparent white top the 32-year-old model and movie actress chose to wear - without a bra to preserve her modesty - turned heads in the street and later at a reception for Rushdie in the city hall.
The mayor of Rome and other dignitaries had gathered there …
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Article title: So What Was It That Attracted You to Mrs Rushdie, Salman? Author's Wife Causes a See-Through Sensation ... and Shocks the Literati.
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Newspaper title: Daily Mail (London).
Publication date: May 25, 2005.
Page number: 3.
© 2007 Daily Mail.
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