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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

Vandana Menon -
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

Rahul Sampal -
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

Kaveree Bamzai -
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

Avishek Jha -
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

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

Legendary author V. S. Naipaul passes away, PM & political leaders condole demise

PTI -
Naipaul was a recipient of the Man Booker Prize in 1971, a knighthood for services to literature in 1990, and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001.

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

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

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Opinion

India has to move on now. Engage with ‘Nooton Bangladesh’

Rishi Gupta -
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has, in a sense, tasted her own medicine. The International Crimes Tribunal, the special court she instituted for...

Bangladesh has been running a never-ending revenge drama. Hasina is the latest

The day Dharmendra ‘died’

Economy

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

Mrinalini Dhyani -
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Defence

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

Snehesh Alex Philip -
ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

National Interest

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Shekhar Gupta -
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.

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