Quote of the day
If we justify war, it is because all peoples always justify the traits of which they find themselves possessed, not because war will bear an objective examination of its merits.
Shiva Naipaul
Born: February 25, 1945
Died: August 13, 1985 (aged 40)
Bio: Shiva Naipaul, born Shivadhar Srinivasa Naipaul in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, was a Trinidadian and British novelist and journalist.
Known for:
- North of South (1978)
- Fireflies (1970)
- The Chip-Chip Gatherers (1973)
- Love and Death in a Hot Country (1983)
- A Man of Mystery and Other Stories (1984)