# Sir Vidhya : Doyen of post war II literature

Sir Vidhyadhar Sarjuprasad Naipaul, the Nobel laureate fondly known to the circle of his admirer as # Sir Vidhya passed into eternity at the ripe age of 85 in his London residence where he precisely spent his entire life. He had flagged his own aura from the tender age when his father , the son of a migrant labourer who shipped as indentured labourer  from Uttar Pradesh of India to Trinidad earned his own education and livelihood by working hard during night time and by continuing his study during the day.Thus his father, despite of financial hardship he could register his thrust for literature through writing some articles in local tribunes. 

Sir Vidhya earned a scholarship in London at the age of 18 only and he landed in post war shabby, marginalise and economically downtrodden London in 1948 which can be no way compared with modern day vibrant London city. He had started his literary carrier from there only .He started his journey in a hostile environment of those days and gradually reached on the pinnacle of contemporary English literature by dint of sheer quality of his writing 

His style of writing soon made him popular among the readers and his " A house of Mr. Biswas" written in 1961 gave him an instant fame throughout the globe.He had no tenacity for India, the land of his forefathers; as his mother who carried only Hindi word with her was 'beta' and once she said the her great son 'beta leave India to the Indians'. Later year he wrote many novels, non fiction works on India of those " India: A million mutinies" he wrote in 1990 is considered a controversial one by many readers where he described 'Sepoy Mutiny' of 1857 as Muslim uprising.

He was also famous for his misogynistic utterances to fellow literary giants and thus he dismissed his contemporary 20th century greats like James Joyce and E M Foster as quality authors. His nasty criticise on India as a 'land of defecating' is still proving to be true as our PMs recent mission on 'Swachh Bharat' is yet far away to be attained 100% of it.

His childhood struggle and his struggle of earlier day in England has been reflected on his writings and thus he became a talk of the world in many ways. But his gravitas on his works was supreme and that no one can dent this. 

He was knight hooded by the British Empire in 1990 and he continued his literary journey more vibrantly and some of his great works viz." half a life, "A way in world", "Magic Seeds" and his controversial " India: A Million Mutinies" are written during this period. He was conferred Nobel, the highest award in the field of literature by Swedish Academy on 2001.

He lead a complex private life, where his first wife was an English lady named Margaret.But he dumped her after he met his last wife Nadira, a Pakistani Muslim. In between he visited prostitutes regularly to meet his physical urge.

He attained everything he deserved as wife of late author Lady Nadira Naipaul  rightly said after his demise " he was a giant in all that he achieved and he died surrounded by those he loved having lived a life which was full of wonderful creativity and endeavour."

Lastly,  'A house for Mr Biswas' is vacated after 85 long years of stay. During this long stay he travelled a lot 'in a free state' through 'Miguel street'.He led 'half a life' in 'an area of darkness' 'among the believers'. He confidently erected 'a flag on the island'for 'literary occasions'. Later 'the mystic masseur' had taken 'a turn to the south' for search of 'magic seeds'. The 'mimic men' read the 'middle passage' during this journey and lost 'the enigma of' his life in 'an area of darkness'. 'Beyond belief' at last he took 'a bend in the river' of his life and at last for all of us this is a great loss, 'the loss of El dorado'