PORTRAYAL OF INDIA IN THE WORKS OF V.S. NAIPAUL

Abstract

A travelogue is a type of literature that gives one the chance to share their ideas and give a description of the location they have visited. Additionally, it aids others in gaining genuine insights while they are there. They are especially useful when some of them relate to history rather than literature because traveler's journals can be used to gather information about history. The exploration of the explorer's emotions, imagination, insights, and tiny turn of events that leads to new adventures are what distinguish this as an artistic work. The travelogues of Nobel Prize winner V. S. Naipaul have received widespread praise, while Indian critics have launched harsh attacks on him. The present research paper aims to examine his three travelogues, An Area of Darkness, India: A Wounded Civilization, and India: A Million Mutinies Now, and explores how the author portrays Indian history.