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I know my father and my mother, but beyond that I cannot go. My ancestry is blurred.
V. S. Naipaul
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V. S. Naipaul
Died: 2018
Died: August 11
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Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul
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Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul
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I profoundly feel that people are letting you down all the time.
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All cultures have been mingled forever.
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