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TopicV.S. Naipaul

Topic: V.S. Naipaul

‘Warm, witty, wonderful’: Naipaul biographer Patrick French painted portrait of India, always spoke his mind

The noted British writer and biographer died of cancer in London Thursday. His award-winning work includes a book on Partition. He has also profiled Sonia Gandhi and Amit Shah.

RSS has a new global Hindutva mascot — Nobel laureate Sir VS Naipaul

Sir V.S. Naipaul, the Indian-origin Trinidadian-British author, was known for his hatred for Islam and his love for Hindutva.

Boris Johnson to Priti Patel, Indians love a desi connect, but only if it’s the right kind

Indians love their diaspora – but the connect has to be unproblematic. Read, no Kamala Harris or Hasan Minhaj.

Media gets a mail from the PM, er, it’s an interview

Front Page It's raining interviews, albeit through email: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has never held a press conference during his tenure so far, and as...

V.S. Naipaul was like family. Even if you didn’t love him, he was part of your story

The Nobel Prize winner passed away Sunday at the age of 85.

Chetan Bhagat to V.S. Naipaul: Why do male authors fail to create real women characters?

It’s an incredible disservice to women to continue to reduce them to blank canvasses waiting for male protagonists to paint them over.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.