On Tuesday 29 May 2007 9:24 pm, ashok _ wrote: > That writer is married to a pakistani ...!!!!
Must be true love because they do not seem to allow personal views and ideology to get in the way of their marriage. Naipaul is an astute observer and his descriptions are exquisite. His "Islam" series also makes good reading - "Among the Believers" and "Beyond Belief" Naipaul, describing shit on the pavement in Mumbai writes of "..twists and butts and squirts of excrement.." which I believe is one of the best descriptions I have read of what I actually do see on pavements. He also has a very interesting description of a "South Indian" eating a meal off a leaf in a train. The description may be offensive to some if one does not put it in the context of the time he made the journey - but the description is accurate and exceedingly funny. He talks of the way in which the eater gathers up curds and rice into a ball in his fingers and pops the ball into his mouth as if to surprise the ball and catch it unawares. shiv
