India: A Wounded Civilization

India: A Wounded Civilization (1977), by V. S. Naipaul, is the second book of his "India" trilogy, after An Area of Darkness, and before India: A Million Mutinies Now.[1] Naipaul came to write this book on his third visit to India, prompted by the Emergency of 1975.

First edition
(publ. André Deutsch)

There is Naipaul's view on poverty and condition of living, Religion and social structure, view on mahatma Gandhi, self evaluation and introspection.

References
  1. Naipaul, V. S. (1977). India: A Wounded Civilization. Knopf. ISBN 9780394402918.


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