Naipaul: Craving to Revive ‘The Sense of Glory Dead’

Abstract

V.S. Naipaul’s obsession with the past is present there since his writing of An Area of Darkness, though it remained highly unnoticed among his remarks on Indian squatters. In A Million Mutinies Now, this obsession becomes obvious to those who are still prepared to listen to him. Though his writing is largely about dystopian situations, the reason that he is able to see this draught is because he has a picture of Ramrajya or Indian utopia in his mind. He wants the ancient idea to be revived with such originality that everyone regardless of his high or low origin is given a chance to live his life with a proper dignity. This research paper inquires these unrevealed aspects of Naipaul.