http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/patrick_french en http://www.newstatesman.com/asia/2011/07/india-party-gandhi-minister http://www.newstatesman.com/asia/2011/07/india-party-gandhi-minister Thu, 21 Jul 2011 09:24:54 GMT Patrick French Since the rise of the Gandhis, political influence in India has been hereditary. But while parliament is packed with the children of the powerful, outsiders are emerging. And they’re all women.

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2008/04/naipaul-bbc-writer-short http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2008/04/naipaul-bbc-writer-short Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:00:00 GMT Patrick French Short of money and short of food, V S Naipaul found his early life as a writer in Fifties London harsh. Then the BBC offered him a lifeline with a radio programme, Caribbean Voices. It became an important influence, but one he later felt obliged to disown

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