Feel sad as if I lost a brother: Rushdie on Naipaul's death
Paying tribute to Nobel Prize-winning author VS Naipaul, writer Salman Rushdie tweeted, "We disagreed all our lives, about politics, about literature, and I feel as sad as if I just lost a beloved older brother. RIP Vidia."  Naipaul, who was one of the first winners of British literary award the Booker Prize, passed away on Saturday aged 85.