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A Writer's People and earlier works of V.S. Naipaul

William Dalrymple September 19, 2007

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#26 Posted by TOLKININ on September 22, 2007 8:07:32 am
Naipaul hated punjabi gujrati India Indians i think like all impotent colonised subject hated himself
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#25 Posted by guarana on September 22, 2007 7:39:26 am
Naipaul was in India some months ago and acted like a volcano that knew it was going extinct....spewing bitterness and grab-attention-at-any-cost type of remarks. The press had a gala time but many of us were disgusted and sorry to see that his brilliance and humour seems to have become petulance and old age dementia, almost!!
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#24 Posted by neembu on September 20, 2007 6:38:21 pm
Re: # 14

nb, i was only aware of paul theroux's falling out with naipaul-thanks for hipping me to this new wrinkle...
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#23 Posted by Urstruly on September 20, 2007 1:39:37 pm
Re: # 20

Oye you sound like that older wife who theatens her husband that either she would live in his house or his new bride. It kinda puts everything in perspective about the phrase "chala hoa kartoos"
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#22 Posted by hamidm2 on September 20, 2007 8:06:23 am
Re: # 21

kamath,

i am just trying to rattle his cage:) ..... the man suffers from schizophrenia, paranoia and all sorts of other mental disorders ..... his biggest ailment and crime against humanity (specially children and juveniles)is sheer stupidity .....take away his mills and boone handbook and the nineteen sixties commie rhetoric and the man is nothing but a hollow shell .......... . i have not seen anything like him on chowk since the insufferable khalid poser ......
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#21 Posted by Kamath on September 20, 2007 6:15:33 am
Re: # 20

Hamidm: You seem to be so bitter about Masadi! Why? He looks OK to me!
Kamath
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#20 Posted by hamidm2 on September 20, 2007 5:03:53 am

chowk staff,

.... i will not return to the chowk until and unless masadi is TOTALLY banned from this forum - once and for all !

.... make your choice: masadi or hamidm ?



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#19 Posted by VRV on September 20, 2007 4:43:06 am
I agree that Dalrymple tend to or appear to take sides but Dalrymple is a scholar-writer, whereas this Nai is a superannuated writer and jerky.
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#18 Posted by VRV on September 20, 2007 4:30:28 am
'The wisdom, the warmth, the humour, and above all the compassion have all gone from the prose;...'

If these ingradients dry-up in Naipaul, then he obviosuly is not a writer of significance.

Though I didnt read Naipaul (is he a nai/hazaam?), I heard him on TV interviews. He's a true sob. I dont know why Farrukh Dhondy writes reams of garbage eulogising this nai/hazaam.

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#17 Posted by nb on September 20, 2007 4:10:14 am
thinkingstorm, I suggest you google the words Dalrymple and Naipaul.
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#16 Posted by rozaiba on September 20, 2007 1:39:01 am
Masadi writes:

"So if in the future you don't see my name in the posts, and are wondering what happened, either the hitmen of the imperialists got me- though they have better things to do, or the Chowk Staff has unceremoniosly thrown me out....."

Yeah, we were getting really worried. Alot of people seem to be conspiring against you masadi. Do you also see dead people?
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#15 Posted by thinkingstorm on September 19, 2007 7:12:52 pm
dear nb,

Dishonesty is chowk staff's middle name (it reads: manto).

Perhaps you can dig up some of these spats and post 'em for us to read?
with much respect,
thinking storm
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#14 Posted by nb on September 19, 2007 6:50:01 pm
Chowk staff, it is not fair to publish this article without mentioning the fairly intense accusations and counter accusations that have gone between Naipaul and Dalrymple. Dalrymple is hardly a dispassionate observer. I think what you have done is extremely dishonest.
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#13 Posted by Shah2 on September 19, 2007 3:20:49 pm
He has a hot Pakistani wife though
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#12 Posted by chaltahai on September 19, 2007 12:42:34 pm
Agreed whole heartedly..Naipaul has bitched out
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#11 Posted by VRV on September 19, 2007 11:18:34 am
on..
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#10 Posted by VRV on September 19, 2007 11:15:24 am
#9 Posted by neembu on September 19, 2007 11:03:51 am

U better find some other fellas.

U are in my ignore list, though this new Beta doesnt support that facility.

Get lost.
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#9 Posted by neembu on September 19, 2007 11:03:51 am
Re: # 3

funny, how our questions can be a mirror B)
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#8 Posted by masadi on September 19, 2007 11:02:51 am
As in every dictatorial regime, what is to the benefit and use of people is not considered, what appears expedient for selfish reasons to the ruling elite is what gets through...How else would you explain double digit inflation in a country that has over 80% of its population living below $2 a day, and I would bet 80% of that 80% live under $1 a day....and yet multi-bullion dollar defense deals go through and the country is sold to the highest "dime bidder"...
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#7 Posted by VRV on September 19, 2007 10:56:32 am
I know Chowk Admin are capricious....but blocking u is not good.

If everybody agrees with everybody what's the use of Chowk?

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#6 Posted by masadi on September 19, 2007 10:52:53 am
I had been blocked for the past 24 hours thanks to influence by the High Priest of the dead Church of the MAJ and many of his co-conspirators. This new system allows the dictatorial Chowk Staff to block users messages, ilogs and interacts and nothing appears on the screen, so the people's power is diminished as the people cannot protest if someone is blocked because he badmouthed tahmed's support for colonization. So if in the future you don't see my name in the posts, and are wondering what happened, either the hitmen of the imperialists got me- though they have better things to do, or the Chowk Staff has unceremoniosly thrown me out.....
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#5 Posted by VRV on September 19, 2007 10:51:51 am
Asadi, sorry yaar.
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#4 Posted by masadi on September 19, 2007 10:49:50 am
chowk has blocked my interacts, this is a test
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#3 Posted by VRV on September 19, 2007 10:48:49 am
Zee, Didu address this Q to BJ Kumar?
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#2 Posted by zeemax on September 19, 2007 10:37:16 am
I sorta liked Nadia Aunty from Bahawalpur .... what's she doing with this supercilious old man anyway?
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#1 Posted by neembu on September 19, 2007 10:11:31 am
Sounds fairly accurate, unfortunately.

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Interact Index

    #26 TOLKININ
    #25 guarana
    #24 neembu
    #23 Urstruly
    #22 hamidm2
    #21 Kamath
    #20 hamidm2
    #19 VRV
    #18 VRV
    #17 nb
    #16 rozaiba
    #15 thinkingstorm
    #14 nb
    #13 Shah2
    #12 chaltahai
    #11 VRV
    #10 VRV
    #9 neembu
    #8 masadi
    #7 VRV
    #6 masadi
    #5 VRV
    #4 masadi
    #3 VRV
    #2 zeemax
    #1 neembu

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