Saleem Sinai narrates this novel.
One character in this novel punctuates her speech with "whatitsname;" that character in this novel marries her doctor husband after he examines her through a perforated bed sheet. This novel's protagonist is abandoned by his sister, the Brass Monkey, and gets sterilized by the Widow. Surgery to relieve nasal congestion deprives this novel's narrator of his telepathy, which he had used to contact Parvati the Witch and Shiva. Saleem Sinai narrates this novel. For 10 points, name this novel whose namesakee group of 1001 people receives magic powers after being born at the instant of India's independence, by Salman Rushdie.
One character in this novel punctuates her speech with "whatitsname;" that character in this novel marries her doctor husband after he examines her through a perforated bed sheet.
Midnight's Children