Overcome with memories of his dad Naipul weeps
November 01, 2012  14:20
Nobel laureate and India-origin author V S Naipual, known for his caustic writings on the country of his parentage, has said he has written enough about India and will not be writing anything more on it.

"I don't think so. I've written enough about India. I've written these four books and two novels about India and many essays," Naipaul said. "My background is Indian, and I have always been interested in my background," Naipaul said, while talking about his decision to travel to India in 1962 to write the book that would become 'An Area of Darkness.'

Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul was in the city to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from the third edition of the NCPA-run Literature Live Fest last evening.

However, the Trinidadian-British writer broke down soon when a reference was made to his highly personalised fiction 'A House for Mr Biswas,' which revolves around the life of his father published in 1961, saying "I have told this story so many times, but it's very moving."

As Naipaul was choking on those memories, his wife Nadira requested author Farrukh Dhondy, who was interviewing the octogenarian Nobel laureate, to skip the topic and move on. However, the entire evening was seeped with his literary nostalgia as he kept on speaking about the challenges of travel writing, which is one of his forte, and his exploration of India.
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