India: A Million Mutinies Now

First edition (Heinemann)

India: A Million Mutinies Now is a nonfiction book by V. S. Naipaul published in 1990. It is a travelogue written during the author's sojourn in his ancestral land of India. It was the third of Naipaul's acclaimed Indian trilogy which includes An Area of Darkness and India: A Wounded Civilization. True to his style, the narration is anecdotal, using examples and specificity in its descriptions.

Naipaul expresses serious misgivings about Indian attitudes and the Indian way of life. On the other hand, Naipaul notes the economic growth and its associated emancipation of the various peoples of India. The title makes an analogy between the emancipation of millions and the Mutiny of 1857. The book is somewhat optimistic about the country and its peoples.

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Works by V. S. Naipaul

Novels	The Mystic Masseur The Suffrage of Elvira Miguel Street A House for Mr Biswas Mr Stone and the Knights Companion A Flag on the Island The Mimic Men In a Free State Guerrillas A Bend in the River The Enigma of Arrival A Way in the World Half a Life Magic Seeds

Non-fiction	The Middle Passage An Area of Darkness The Loss of El Dorado The Overcrowded Barracoon and other articles India: A Wounded Civilization A Congo Diary The Return of Eva Peron and the Killings in Trinidad Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey Finding the Centre Reading and Writing: A Personal Account A Turn in the South India: A Million Mutinies Now Bombay Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions among the Converted Peoples Between Father and Son: Family Letters The Writer and the World: Essays Literary Occasions: Essays A Writer's People: Ways of Looking and Feeling

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