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Re: Naipaulian tour: Trinidad’s first family of literature - ketchim - 11-08-2015
really ??? a quick look in the mirror will reveal
why you always ask for your posts to be removed
One of your names cannot get along with yuh odda name ...hehehehe
Re: Naipaulian tour: Trinidad’s first family of literature - mapoui - 11-08-2015
hey sketchim...i took down my piece on naipaul..yuh have nutten to say about that ::confused::
Naipauls father was afraid to of dying..did he not die of fright ::confused::
Re: Naipaulian tour: Trinidad’s first family of literature - mapoui - 11-09-2015
[quote author=Chin link=topic=101012.msg662717#msg662717 date=1447076083]
What does that have to do with his writing ..? Doofus
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did he not write it too.. 'oh light of the world' ::confused::
but that was an aside between me an' sketchim. Idont see that it warranted a comment from you unless apositive one
Re: Naipaulian tour: Trinidad’s first family of literature - ketchim - 11-09-2015
[quote author=mapoui link=topic=101012.msg662704#msg662704 date=1447034979]
Naipauls father was afraid to of dying..did he not die of fright ::confused::
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I just asked IF u had read his Dad's work !
never knew he died of fright !
SocaChin seems to be in her menstual time of month
OR having hot flashes...
Re: Naipaulian tour: Trinidad’s first family of literature - mapoui - 11-09-2015
[quote author=ketchim link=topic=101012.msg662739#msg662739 date=1447079505]
I just asked IF u had read his Dad's work !
never knew he died of fright !
SocaChin seems to be in her menstual time of month
OR having hot flashes...
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would it be possible to pull up a page or 2 from Guardian archives from the 19 thirties ::confused:: on the desktop ::confused::
Re: Naipaulian tour: Trinidad’s first family of literature - ketchim - 11-09-2015
I can try and see....hold orn
Re: Naipaulian tour: Trinidad’s first family of literature - ketchim - 11-09-2015
http://humanities.byu.edu/the-literary-journalism-of-seepersad-naipaul/
Seepersad Naipaul was the first East Indian in Trinidad to become a successful writer.
From 1929 to 1953 he worked for the Trinidad Guardian, the leading newspaper on the island at the time.
Re: Naipaulian tour: Trinidad’s first family of literature - ketchim - 11-09-2015
Realizing that half the population of the island was East Indian,
English editor Galt McGowan decided to hire Seepersad to write local pieces
about the East Indians who lived in the rural, agricultural communities
in Trinidad.
Re: Naipaulian tour: Trinidad’s first family of literature - ketchim - 11-09-2015
“He wrote a series of articles about how Hindu farmers wouldn’t vaccinate
their animals. Instead, they’d offer sacrifices to Kali,
hoping the goddess of death and destruction would keep away the disease,â€
Re: Naipaulian tour: Trinidad’s first family of literature - mapoui - 11-09-2015
good show ketchim. 'may I call you ketchim.....' ::LOL:: ::LOL:: ::LOL:: ::LOL::
I will read this in a while. got some urgent stuff to attend to
