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Meaning: vidiādhar (Hindi "possessed of learning", (p. 921) from vidyā (Sanskrit "knowledge, learning", p. 921) + dhar (Sanskrit "holding, supporting," p. 524)); sūrajprasād (from sūraj (Hindi "sun", p. 1036) + prasād (Sanskrit "gift, boon, blessing", p. 666)) from McGregor, R. S. (1993). The Oxford Hindi–English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198643395.

Hayward 2002, p. 5. Hayward, Helen (2002). The Enigma of V. S. Naipaul. (Warwick University Caribbean Studies). Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-4039-0254-2.

French 2008, p. 18b:"There was talk of him (Seepersad) becoming a pundit, and he learned some Sanskrit. Soookdeo Misir, ... gave him a basic education. ... by the time he was in his late teens, he had escaped from the likely future as an agricultural labourer in the grim depths of the rural Indian community. He had taught himself how to read and write English, and had conceived the idea of becoming a journalist, a profession that was usually open to Whites and Negroes." French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, p. 19: "In 1929, the year of his marriage, Seepersad began work as a freelance reporter on the Trinidad Guardian, ..." French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

Hayward 2002, p. 7. Hayward, Helen (2002). The Enigma of V. S. Naipaul. (Warwick University Caribbean Studies). Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-4039-0254-2.

French 2008, pp. 36–37: "Vido spent much of his time at Petit Valley with Pa, who would read to him and sometimes to other children: extracts from Julius Caesar, Nicholas Nickleby, Three Men in a Boat, ... Pa and Vido positioned themselves in an ordered fantasy world derived from European literature ... Aspiration and ambition became the alternative to daily life ..." French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, p. 12. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, p. 5: "When slavery was formally abolished across the British empire in 1834 and cheap labour was needed for the sugar-can plantations, malnourished Indians were shipped over from Calcutta and Madras. ... Black agricultural labourers found their wages being undercut. They looked down on the Indians, who had to work long hours in the cane fields, as the 'new slaves'." French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, pp. 23–25:"The three surviving photographs of Capildeo Maharah (Naipaul's maternal grandfather) show him looking distinctly Brahminical. ... He wears white clothing befitting his caste, his shoes are unlaced to indicate that he has not touched leather with his hand, ... This physical evidence, combined with the certainty that he knew Sanskrit, make his claimed family lineage highly plausible. ... Seepersad's antecedents are vague; he never liked to discuss his childhood. ... Nyepaul (Naipaul's paternal grandfather) may have been a pure Brahmin, a Brahmin-by-boat, or he may have come from another caste background altogether. ... V. S. Naipaul never addressed this inconsistency, preferring to embrace the implied "caste sense" of his mother's family, ..." French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, p. 55a: "Hinduism had regulations on all things: clothing, ritual pollution, caste distinction, bodily functions, diet." French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, p. 55b: The Naipaul family were not vegetarian, as most Brahmins are supposed to be; they sometimes ate meat, and treated chicken as a vegetable. At Christmas, they would celebrate with baked fowl, dalpuri, nuts and fruit." French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, pp. 208–209: (caption) Above left: "Vidia with his glamorous sisters, ... Long gone were the days of covered heads and traditional dress for Indian women in Trinidad. Above right: Ma (Naipaul's mother) in heels with an Oxford-returned Vidia, 1956." French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, p. 26: "What Nanie (Naipaul's maternal grandmother) said, went. .... (quoted) 'Nanie believed in the Hindu way of life but the irony of it is, she would help with the churches and celebrate all the Catholic festivals ... She told us that she wanted us to speak in English, not Hindi, because we had to be educated.'" French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, p. 41. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, p. 30: "Nanie had bought a house, 17 Luis Street, in the Port of Spain suburb of Woodbrook ... This coincided with Seeperdad's recovery from his nervous breakdown, and his success in 1938 in regaining his job as a Guardian journalist. It was decided that the Naipaul family ... would move to Luis Street." French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, pp. 32–33: "The idyll could not last. In 1940, Seepersad and Droapatie were told by Nanie that they would be moving to a new family commune at a place called Petite valley. ... In 1943, Seepersad could stand it no longer at Petit Valley and the Naipaul family moved in desperation to 17 Luis Street. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, pp. 40–41: "QRC was modelled on an English boys' public school, and offered a high standard of education. ... He enjoyed his classes n Latin, French, Spanish and Science. It was a highly competitive school, with metropolitan values. Caribbean dialect was ironed out in favour of standard English, although the students remained bilingual ...." French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, p. 67. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, p. 73a: "Vidia thought that the quality of the education he had received at QRC put him ahead of his (Oxford) contemporaries." French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, p. 73b: "Peter Bayley remembers Vidia reading a later essay on Milton's Paradise Lost ... 'I knew I had a winner.'" French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, p. 96: "Peter Bayley had been impressed with Vidia's confidence, ... Vidia, then, was able to adjust and compose himself in a social, formal setting." French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, p. 90. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, p. 91. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, pp. 92–93. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, p. 93: "When Vidia got back to England, he was in a bad state. Trinidad was off. 'The fact is,' he admitted, 'I spent too much money in Spain. And, during the nervous breakdown (yes, it was that) I had, I grew rash and reckless ... My only opportunity of recuperating from my present chaos is to remain in England this summer and live very cheaply.'" French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, p. 115. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, p. 111. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, p. 118. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, p. 123. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, pp. 117–128. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, p. 128: "He remained at Oxford, the staff of the college library having given him and administrative job to tide him over." French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, p. 118:"Pat thought he needed to hurry up. 'If you haven't written in amongst the hurly burly you never will and what you write will never really be good. ...' She advised him not to get into debt, and asked him to send £1 that he owed her. Her affection was undimmed. 'I'm an absolute fool where you're concerned and (not to be told to your enormous ego) I really adore and worship that stupid expression ...'" French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, pp. 155–156. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, p. 160. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, p. 161. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, p. 163. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, pp. 164–165. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, p. 165. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, pp. 167–168. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, pp. 171–172. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, p. 173. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, pp. 174–175. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, pp. 180–181. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, pp. 186–187. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, p. 179. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, pp. 178–179. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, pp. 179–180. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, p. 185. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, p. 184. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, p. 192. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, p. 193. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, p. 194. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, p. 196. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, p. 201. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, pp. 201–202. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, p. 202. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, p. 203. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, p. 230. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, p. 215. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, p. 217. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, pp. 218–219. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, pp. 226–227. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, pp. 232–233. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, p. 239. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, pp. 219–220. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, p. 240. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, pp. 241–242. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

French 2008, pp. 243–244. French, Patrick (2008). The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27035-1. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

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Naipaul 1987, p. 352. Naipaul, V.S. (1987). The Enigma of Arrival. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-74403-6. Retrieved 28 September 2013.

Visaria & Visaria 1983, p. 515,a: Quote: "A majority of the emigrants were from rural areas and from 'overcrowded agricultural districts' where 'crop failure could plunge sections of the village community into near-starvation'. In fact, there was a strong correlation between emigration and harvest conditions. Acute scarcity during 1873–5 in Bihar, Oudh and the North-Western Provinces provoked large-scale emigration through the port of Calcutta. The famine in south India during 1874–8 also resulted in heavy emigration." Visaria, Pravin; Visaria, Leela (1983). "Population (1757–1947)". In Dharma Kumar, Meghnad Desai (ed.). The Cambridge Economic History of India, Volume 2, c.1757–c.1970. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-22802-2.

Visaria & Visaria 1983, p. 515,b: Quote: "Most of the emigrants probably left even their villages of origin for the first time in their lives, and they were not fully aware of the hardships involved in long voyages and in living abroad. Diseases — cholera, typhoid, dysentery — were often rampant in depots or temporary abodes for labourers at ports of embarkation and also on ships. Consequently, mortality among the recruits and emigrants was very high. The data on long voyages to British Guiana and the West Indies clearly show that mortality at sea was alarmingly high. Before 1870, on an average about 17 to 20 per cent of the labourers departing from Calcutta port died on the ships before reaching their destination." Visaria, Pravin; Visaria, Leela (1983). "Population (1757–1947)". In Dharma Kumar, Meghnad Desai (ed.). The Cambridge Economic History of India, Volume 2, c.1757–c.1970. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-22802-2.

Jussawalla 1997, p. 126: "At Oxford he continued to suffer. 'I drifted into something like a mental illness,' he would write." Jussawalla, Feroza F., ed. (1997). Conversations with V. S. Naipaul. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-0-87805-945-4.

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