India: A Wounded Civilization
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India: A Wounded Civilization, by V. S. Naipaul
, is the second book of his "India" trilogy, after An Area of Darkness
, and before India: A Million Mutinies Now
.
It was on his third visit to India, prompted by the Emergency of 1975, that Naipaul came to write this book. In this work he casts a more analytical eye than before on Indian attitudes while recapitulating and probing the feelings previously aroused in him by this vast, mysterious and agonized continent. What he saw and heard on this visit reinforced his conviction that India, wounded by many centuries of foreign rule, has not yet found an ideology of regeneration. Reviewers have described it as a work of fierce candour and precision.
Mr Naipaul, born in Trinidad
(an island in West Indies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela
), is a descendant of Hindu
s who emigrated from India. Hence at a personal level the book is a description of one man's complicated relationship with the country of his ancestors, which has withdrawn into itself as a result of long years of foreign rule. Mr Naipaul wishes that his ancient homeland would come to terms with the past and move on towards the future.
V. S. Naipaul
Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad "V. S." Naipaul, TC is a Nobel prize-winning Indo-Trinidadian-British writer who is known for his novels focusing on the legacy of the British Empire's colonialism...
, is the second book of his "India" trilogy, after An Area of Darkness
An Area of Darkness
An Area of Darkness is a book authored by V.S. Naipaul in 1964. It is a travelogue detailing Naipaul's trip through India in the early sixties. It was the first of Naipaul's acclaimed Indian trilogy which includes India: A Wounded Civilization and India: A Million Mutinies Now...
, and before India: A Million Mutinies Now
India: A Million Mutinies Now
India: A Million Mutinies Now is a nonfiction book by V. S. Naipaul published in 1990. It is a travelogue written during the author's sojourn in his ancestral land — India. It was the third of Naipaul's acclaimed Indian trilogy which includes An Area of Darkness and India: A Wounded...
.
It was on his third visit to India, prompted by the Emergency of 1975, that Naipaul came to write this book. In this work he casts a more analytical eye than before on Indian attitudes while recapitulating and probing the feelings previously aroused in him by this vast, mysterious and agonized continent. What he saw and heard on this visit reinforced his conviction that India, wounded by many centuries of foreign rule, has not yet found an ideology of regeneration. Reviewers have described it as a work of fierce candour and precision.
Mr Naipaul, born in Trinidad
Trinidad
Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands and numerous landforms which make up the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It is the southernmost island in the Caribbean and lies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. With an area of it is also the fifth largest in...
(an island in West Indies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
), is a descendant of Hindu
Hindu
Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...
s who emigrated from India. Hence at a personal level the book is a description of one man's complicated relationship with the country of his ancestors, which has withdrawn into itself as a result of long years of foreign rule. Mr Naipaul wishes that his ancient homeland would come to terms with the past and move on towards the future.