V.S. Naipaul’s India: A Reflection

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The book “V.S. Naipaul’s India – a Reflection” is an interesting and comprehensive analysis of India presented by V.S. Naipaul, Nobel laureate in his books An Area of Darkness, India – a Wounded Civilization and India-Million Mutiries Now. This book reflects the views and approach of V.S. Naipaul to Indian Life and Culture. The book presents a remarkable and thorough socio-political analysis. The book also gives an analysis of V.S. Naipaul;s style. The Swedish Academy awards him the Nobel Prize for writing about ‘Peripheral People’ with ‘suppressed histories’. The book shows that he is primarily concerned with displaced individuals, with uprooted immigrants without ‘home’ but longing for home. This book thoroughly examines socio-political forces that threaten the very existence of Indian democracy and secularism in India. In addition, his observation is apt and largely expectable. What other writers may narrate in a dozen of pages Naipaul;s can do in just a paragraph or a page. Naipaul uses minimum sentences to produce maximum effect. In short, this book on Naipaul’s non-fiction on India is comprehensive and effective. It is in no way laudatory, it points out the drawbacks of Naipaul’s misunderstanding of Indian leaders, be he Gandhiji or Jay Prakash Narayan. Fifth Chapter, ‘Some Errors in Naipaul’s Observations on India’ is very insightful and factual. This book will be useful for the teachers, students and all those who are interested in understanding V.S. Naipaul and Indian culture of today.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Vasant S. Patel

Dr. Vasant S. Patel M.A. Ph.D. (English) has been teaching English to undergraduate students since 1969 and post graduate stduents since 1978. He has been a Ph.D. guide in English in Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University for the last two years. He has been a memebr of the Board of studies in English, a member of Faculty of Arts, a member of the Academic Council and Chairman of the Board of studies in English of Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University. Dr. Vasant S. Patel presented various Research papers at National and International Seminars and conferences which were published in varioius Periodicals and Journals of repute. He is a member of senate of the Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University and a life member of Indian Society for Common Wealth Studies and Association of Indian College Principals.

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Title
V.S. Naipaul’s India: A Reflection
Author
Edition
1st ed.
Publisher
ISBN
8187471158
Length
xvi+363p., Bibliography; Index; 23cm.
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