Nehru Book Controversy Revisited
A propos of the Nehru book controversy mentioned below, reader David Frazer writes to point us to this Guardian article by William Dalrymple, about V.S. Naipaul’s endorsement of the BJP (the far-right Hindu nationalist party.) Sir Vidia’s anti-everything-Islam-stance is nothing new, but I suppose I’m pleased that this aspect of his otherwise fine work is getting scrutinized.