About V. S. Naipaul
Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul, commonly known as V. S. Naipaul, was a Trinidadian-British writer and Nobel laureate whose works explored themes of colonialism, exile, identity, and cultural dislocation. Born on August 17, 1932, in Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago, to a family of Indian descent, he moved to England for higher education and became one of the most influential literary figures of the 20th century. His sharp observations and masterful storytelling earned him widespread acclaim, though his candid views on postcolonial societies often sparked debate.
176 Powerful V.S. Naipaul Quotes to Inspire You
Here are 176 Powerful quotes by V.S. Naipaul on various topics to inspire you.
14. “The wines are Saccone and Speed,’ he had said. It was a merchant’s observation. He had meant that even there, in the centre of Africa, the wine had come from the shippers on our east coast, and not from the people on the other side. But in my imagination I allowed the words to stand for pure bliss.”
V.S. Naipaul
Trade, Observation, Africa, Imagination, Perspective
16. “How terrible it would have been, at this time, to be without it; to have died among the Tulsis, amid the squalour of that large, disintegrating and indifferent family; to have left Shama and the children among them, in one room; or worse, to have lived without even attempting to lay claim to one’s portion of the earth; to have lived and died as one had been born, unnecessary and unaccommodated.”
V.S. Naipaul Family, Survival, Despair, Struggle, Life
20. “A businessman is someone who buys at ten and is happy to get out at twelve. The other kind of man buys at ten, sees it rise to eighteen and does nothing. He is waiting for it to rise to twenty. When it drops to two he waits for it to get back to ten.”
V.S. Naipaul Business, Money, Risk, Strategy, Economics
21. “In Trinidad, where as new arrivals we were a disadvantaged community, that excluding idea was a kind of protection; it enabled us – for the time being, and only for the time being – to live in our own way and according to our own rules, to live in our own fading India.”
V.S. Naipaul Trinidad, Identity, Community, Survival, Change
