https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=An_Area_of_Darkness An Area of Darkness - Revision history 2026-09-07T00:15:28Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=An_Area_of_Darkness&diff=167094&oldid=prev 45.92.73.2 at 09:17, 5 August 2021 2021-08-05T09:17:39Z <p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 14:47, 5 August 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l27">Line 27:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 27:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>| followed_by      =  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>| followed_by      =  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''''An Area of Darkness''''' is a book written by [[V. S. Naipaul]] in 1964. It is a [[Travel literature|travelogue]] detailing Naipaul's trip through India in the early sixties. It was the first of Naipaul's acclaimed Indian trilogy that includes ''[[India: A Wounded Civilization]]'' (1977) and ''[[India: A Million Mutinies Now]]'' (<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">1980</del>).  The narration is anecdotal and descriptive.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''''An Area of Darkness''''' is a book written by [[V. S. Naipaul]] in 1964. It is a [[Travel literature|travelogue]] detailing Naipaul's trip through India in the early sixties. It was the first of Naipaul's acclaimed Indian trilogy that includes ''[[India: A Wounded Civilization]]'' (1977) and ''[[India: A Million Mutinies Now]]'' (<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">1990</ins>).  The narration is anecdotal and descriptive.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A deeply pessimistic work, ''An Area of Darkness'' conveys the acute sense of disillusionment which the author experiences on his first visit to his ancestral land. The book was immediately banned in India for its "negative portrayal of India and its people".&lt;ref name="Hindu"&gt;{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/you-cant-read-this-book/article2953626.ece | title=You can't read this book |first=Hasan|last= Suroor<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">| work=[[The Hindu]] </del>|date=3 <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">March </del>2012| <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">accessdate</del>=<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">5 July 2015</del>}}&lt;/ref&gt; <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Nissim Ezekiel]] wrote the 1984 essay "Naipaul's India and Mine" as a reply to Naipaul's ''An Area of Darkness''</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A deeply pessimistic work, ''An Area of Darkness'' conveys the acute sense of disillusionment which the author experiences on his first visit to his ancestral land. 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S. Naipaul]] <br /> | title_orig = &lt;!-- if not in English --&gt;<br /> | translator = <br /> | illustrator = <br /> | cover_artist = <br /> | country = United Kingdom<br /> | language = English<br /> | series = <br /> | subject = <br /> | genre = [[Travel literature|Travel]]<br /> | publisher = [[André Deutsch]]<br /> | pub_date = 1964 <br /> | english_pub_date = <br /> | media_type = Print<br /> | pages = <br /> | isbn = <br /> | oclc = <br /> | dewey = <br /> | congress = <br /> | preceded_by = <br /> | followed_by = <br /> }}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;An Area of Darkness&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; is a book written by [[V. S. Naipaul]] in 1964. It is a [[Travel literature|travelogue]] detailing Naipaul&#039;s trip through India in the early sixties. It was the first of Naipaul&#039;s acclaimed Indian trilogy that includes &#039;&#039;[[India: A Wounded Civilization]]&#039;&#039; (1977) and &#039;&#039;[[India: A Million Mutinies Now]]&#039;&#039; (1980). The narration is anecdotal and descriptive.<br /> <br /> A deeply pessimistic work, &#039;&#039;An Area of Darkness&#039;&#039; conveys the acute sense of disillusionment which the author experiences on his first visit to his ancestral land. The book was immediately banned in India for its &quot;negative portrayal of India and its people&quot;.&lt;ref name=&quot;Hindu&quot;&gt;{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/you-cant-read-this-book/article2953626.ece | title=You can&#039;t read this book |first=Hasan|last= Suroor| work=[[The Hindu]] |date=3 March 2012| accessdate=5 July 2015}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Nissim Ezekiel]] wrote the 1984 essay &quot;Naipaul&#039;s India and Mine&quot; as a reply to Naipaul&#039;s &#039;&#039;An Area of Darkness&#039;&#039;.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> &lt;references /&gt;<br /> <br /> {{V. S. 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