Task: Text Categorization
Input (English): One character in this novel loses his faith in God after hitting his nose while praying, and that character falls in love with his future wife while examining select parts of her body during illness. The protagonist of this novel relates his experience with Mary Pereira during the delivery of the "Tryst with Destiny" speech. The protagonist compares this novel's thirty chapters to pickle jars and experiences childhood flashbacks after tasting a pickle before becoming the manager of a pickling factory. That character is unknowingly the son of a poor singer and is challenged by a street urchin for leadership of a conference he calls. A canine unit enlists the protagonist, wielding a powerful and telepathic nose, who later marries Parvati the Witch after she is abandoned by General Shiva. FTP, name this novel about Saleem Sinai, who is born at the moment of Pakistan's creation, by Salman Rushdie.
Output (English): Literature