Naipaul, V. S. <br/><br/>
India :  a million mutinies now / 
V. S. Naipaul 
 - London  Picador  2010 
 - 606 p. 
<br/><br/> Much has changed since V. S. Naipaul’s first trip to India and this fascinating account of his return journey focuses on India’s development since independence.<br/><br/>Taking an anti-clockwise journey around the metropolises of India – including Bombay, Madras, Calcutta, and Delhi – Naipaul offers a kaleidoscopic, layered travelogue, encompassing a wide collage of religions, castes, and classes at a time when the percolating ideas of freedom threatened to shake loose the old ways. The brilliance of the book lies in Naipaul’s decision to approach this shifting, changing land from a variety of perspectives: the author humbly recedes, allowing the Indians to tell the stories of their own lives, and a dynamic oral history of India emerges before our eyes. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780330519861 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>India<br/>Travel<br/>Civilization
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>954 NAI-V