“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… — Naipaul V.S Copy Share Image
“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