“For Shama and her sisters and women like them, ambition, if the word could be used, was a series of negatives; not to be unmaried, not to be childless, not to be an undutiful daughter, sister, wife, mother, widow.” — Naipaul V.S Copy Share Image
“For years and years, even during the time of my first visit in 1962, it has been said that Calcutta was dying, that its port was silting up, its antiquated industry declining, but Calcutta hadn't died. It hadn't done much, but it had gone on; and it had begun to appear that the prophecy has been excessive. Now it occurred… — Naipaul V.S Copy Share
“For Shama and her sisters and women like them, ambition, if the word could be used, was a series of negatives; not to be… — Naipaul V.S Copy Share Image
