India: A Million Mutinies Now

Two months ago, I’d lemmed this book in frustration and declared passionately on GR that this was the only book I’d abandoned so far with the clear intention of never picking it up. Now you can see that I’ve not only finished it in a day, but also given it a hefty 4 star rating. And that too to Naip......more

4.5/5 My second book and travelogue by Naipaul, the first one being 'Among the believers'. There is a marked difference between the 2 works, this one was written a decade later and d author realised that his commentary should be kept to a minimum and let d people speak more. Also, these travelogues......more

Unlike his previous books on India, this one calmly collects the diverse experiences of many Indians. Rather than giving his own emotional responses to an ancestral homeland, he just captures the emotions and perceptions of others, showing India from dozens of perspectives at the same time. How can......more

V.S. Naipaul's India: A Million Mutinies Now is the last of the late author’s three books on India. The others are An Area of Darkness (1964) and India: A Wounded Civilization (1977). Born in Trinidad of Indian ancestry, Vidia Naipaul was a British citizen who kept trying to understand the land of h......more

V S Naipaul has often been accused of being unsympathetic in his view/portrayal of India, judging from his works. It's quite clear that though this Nobel laureate’s ancestral roots were in India, he never treated it like home and his loyalties were always with Trinidad (the country he was born in) a......more