Friends of Salman Rushdie toast archive opening

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For more on Salman Rushdie's archive at Emory, visit www.emory.edu/rushdie
Curator of the Rushdie archive exhibit and Assistant Professor of Asian Studies Deepika Bahri introduces the Salman Rushdie archive exhibit "A World Mapped By Stories."
International filmmaker Deepa Mehta offers a Star-Trek inspired toast to her friend Salman Rushdie's archive exhibit.
Journalist and author Christopher Hitchens also offers a toast to the bold exhibit of his friend's work.
February 25, 2010

[@DaytakTV]

Hitchens is legend. One of a kind.

[@sebastianj397]

Never tired of listing to Hitchens one of a kind

[@patrickpillay3108]

'To the health of the written word'. Although not his exact words, only Hitch could have framed it as perfectly as he did; to honour a man of immense character, dignity and bravery. We give thanks for both their lives. Hitch is dead! Long live Christopher Hitchens. Our efforts to resist the captivity of our minds must pass through theirs.

[@Bombtrack411]

I live right outside Atlanta and I had no idea about Rushdie's involvement with Emory until today. He's such a brilliant man.

[@jordanthomas4379]

I am glad to say that I many many others truly miss Hitchens.

[@VivaPorSiempre]

"They told me to be short." Hilarious!!

[@47imagine]

I didn't understand why this was funny ... could you explain.

[@smoofoperator]

@@47imagine The lady has to lower the microphone, because of her height. The joke is that "being short" with her speech, she already is in height.

[@VivaPorSiempre]

I loved watching this and seeing the parallel to an interivew he gave shortly before his death, in which he said he did not fear dying so much as he feared not being able to write anymore, that his cancer would prevent him from writing. A writer was who he WAS, not what he did. Long live the written word indeed.

[@andrewslonkosky1484]

Dear god Hitch's toast made me tear up and I have no dog in any of those fights. Here's to Salman and to Hitch

[@ajithpr4909]

I saw Christopher Hitchens and I clicked..

[@supermon87]

I reflect on this beautiful celebration of Salman, and Hitchen’s commemorating speech often. His ominous prediction and promise that his audience will toast to the “health of the written word,” again. It’s astounding how he makes such an alarming statement with so much poise and confidence, as if he knows that liberal democracy will forever be under threat, and yet he’s sure the human spirit will nevertheless rise to the occasion again and again. Thank you, Hitch.

[@573Muhammad]

Love of my existence

[@wendellfugate4088]

A toast to the written word!

[@QwidgyboMan]

Thanks mate.

[@Who-qn5fl]

Hitchens owns every stage!

[@MinisterAilingTongue]

Well done, Emory U!

[@MinisterAilingTongue]

Weird how the rational and the academic intersect here!

[@ewhurstwhelans]

To the health of the written word

[@warrickterry4742]

Who is talking

[@frizzneil2590]

5 min of click bait?...