This study breaks fresh ground in exploring V.S. Naipaul's three books about his travels in India, treating these as a series whose meanings emerge only when considered together. It focuses on the inextricable intertwining of Naipaul's writings with his personal experiences and demonstrates how his critique of Indian culture and politics emerges from his diasporic worldview. It includes an analysis of Naipaul's perception of women's differences in a rapidly ...