When talking about the controversial authors of Indian literature, one name should come to mind before any other. Salman Rushdie, best known for writing the book “Midnight's Children”. The first two chapters of “Midnight's Children” are known as “The Perforated Sheet.” In “The Perforated Sheet” Rushdie uses magical realism as a literary device to connect significant events and their effects on the lives of Saleem's family to a changing India. Indeed, it is early in the story that the reader is first exposed to Rushdie's use of magical realism when introduced to Saleem. “At the stroke of midnight/the clocks joined the palms” and “the instant of India's arrival at independence”. I have fallen into the world” (1711). Rushdie's description of clocks “joining the palms of the hands” and explanation of India's newfound independence are intended to make the reader understand the significance of Saleem's birth. The supernatural action of the clocks joining the palms is intended to instill wonder, while independence accentuates the meaning of the beginning of a new era. Rushdie also uses magical realism as an unnatural narrative several times within the story to show the cultural significance of the events that unfold in the story anomalously. In "The Perforated Sheet" Rushdie makes use of magical realism as an unnatural narrative by giving detailed descriptions of Saleem's grandfather's life, as if Saleem had lived it himself. The first example of this is depicted after Aadam hits his nose while praying only to notice that when his blood hits the air it turns into "rubies". He also realizes that his tears have turned into "diamonds" and proceeds to wipe them away. It was “at that moment/he decided never to kiss the earth again for any god or man… middle of paper… sh this. After reading “The Perforated Sheet” readers should be able to understand that in every case of pre- and post-colonial history, three generations will always be involved. The older generation will be the most unhappy due to the subjugation of their traditions and culture by the colonizers themselves. The second generation is the middle one, which will have accepted the changes in their way of life. They will have already moved on, but they will face more problems connecting with the older generation due to the changes. The third and final generation is the one to finally escape the restrictions of colonialism and pave the way for their nation's future. Rushdie explains it very bluntly at the beginning "with three drops of old faded blush". (1712) These drops are a representation of the three generations that shaped India and countless other countries.