1. Salman Rushdie - Marriages
Aitana, Welton, Cesar

2. The Wives Clarissa Luard (1976-1987) Marianne Wiggins (1988-1993)
Elizabeth West ( )
Padma Lakshmi ( )
Linked to Indian Actress Rya Sen (2008-)

3. Miss Lakshmi
Lakshmi recently wrote a memoir describing her marriage with Rushdie. Claimed that her ex- husband stated that their marriage was a “bad investment.”
This marriage does not have an impact on the novel b/c it was written in 1990, and they married in 2004

4. Connections to the novel
It is supposed by many critics that Rushdie wrote this book (Haroun) in response to the threat on his life by the Fatwa and his various marriages
Conflict between main character Rashid and his wife, Soraya