Meena Kandasamy

Kandasamy is an Indian poet, novelist and translator from Chennai, India. She is currently based in London. Her second novel, When I Hit You: Or, The Portrait of the Writer As A Young Wife, was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2018.

Trinidadian-British writer and 2001 Nobel Prize winner Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul poses for a portrait session during 'Incroci di Civilta', Venice Literary Festival on April 14, 2011 in Venice, Italy.

V.S. Naipaul Leaves Behind a Formidable Body of Work—and a Troubling Legacy

"In mourning his passing, we must also mourn his immense talent squandered ...

"In mourning his passing, we must also mourn his immense talent squandered on hostility toward the most vulnerable, broken people," writes Meena Kandasamy.