books.google.ca - Introduction by Anita DesaiSaleem Sinai was born at midnight, the midnight of India's independence, and finds himself mysteriously 'handcuffed to history' by the coincidence. He is one of 1,001 children born at the midnight hour, each of them endowed with an extraordinary talent -- and whose privilege...http://books.google.ca/books/about/Midnight_s_Children.html?id=NKzepmTUipEC&q=despite&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareMidnight's Children
