Naipaul was inconsistent in his attitude towards India. Earlier, he criticised
the country quite severely; yet, lately, he had become the mouthpiece of Hindu
nationalism with a very strong anti-Muslim bias.
Burjor.
From: Eddie
Sent: 12 August 2018 19:01
Naipaul was a mixed bag. take it or leave it. I loved his A House for Mr
Biswas, which is based on his father. His non-fiction was bit problematic, and
he acknowledge hus weaknesses, imcluding his relationship with the women in hus
life.
Read An Area of Darkness long ago, and I found his A
Hi George,
Naipaul, after his Oxford stint, got his first job with Britain's Telegraph,
an Empire paper. They packed him off to India for his assessment. Naipaul
wrote candidly.
Here is an extract of what he wrote in a 1960's essay in the Daily
Telegraph:
[On Hindu beliefs]
"The holy cow is
Aloha,
Re:
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2018 05:13:01 + (UTC)
From: George Pinto
To: "Estb. 1994! Goa's Premiere Mailing List"
Subject: [Goanet] V. S. Naipaul
Naipaul, who just passed away, had accepted a knighthood. It has always
struck me as odd that ethnic Indians, especially the
