Naipaul’s wife finds Pak ‘horror’ now stalking UK

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Naipaul’s wife finds Pak ‘horror’ now stalking UK - The Times of India

LONDON: Disturbed by cases of honour killing in Britain, Nadira Naipaul, wife of celebrated Indian-origin writer V S Naipal, says that she sees in London the same "horror" that made her flee Pakistan.

Nadira, Lady Naipaul is a Pakistani journalist and the wife of novelist Sir Vidiadhar Naipaul. She was born Nadira Khannum Alvi in Pakistan and was raised in Kenya. She worked as a journalist for Pakistani newspaper, The Nation for ten years before meeting Naipaul. They married in 1996, two months after the death of Naipaul's first wife, Patricia Hale

Writing in the Daily Mail on Sunday, Nadira, says, "I can still see the horror that made me flee Pakistan — in the haunted eyes of girls raised here... When I married V S Naipaul and moved to England in 1996, I thought I had left the horror behind."

She adds, "Pakistan had drained my resolve, and I was tired of fighting a losing battle . To me, England, for all its ills, was the promised land. Instead , I have found the horror I fled has followed me here. It is all around, eroding the very core of everything Britain believes in.

"I see it everywhere. In the haunted eyes of young Pakistani girls, brought up in Britain , who know nothing but a Westernized life: young women who work happily behind beauty counters in our department stores, yet must return home to parents who refuse to emerge from their cultural ghettos."

Cases of honour killings and forced marriages are reported from communities with origins in the Indian subcontinent . British authorities have taken several measures to prevent forced marriages. However, such cases continue to be reported, including the recent widely followed case of Shafilea Ahmed, who was killed by her parents for having westernized lifestyle.

[nick_indian]

Giving us South Asians a bad name . Don't take your culture abroad with you guys

[Syama Ayas]

Giving us South Asians a bad name . Don't take your culture abroad with you guys

Honor killings in UK is among Indians too i recall.

[nick_indian]

Honor killings in UK is among Indians too i recall.

My comment was for everyone from our region who engages in such acts . But anyway i have read these things are more prevalent in the Pakistani community there compared to the Indian community .

[p4kistan]

No one gives a sh1t about what this kanjri has to say, another stooge who wants to get on the bandwagon of insulting and demonising pakistanis etc in order to attain brownie points in the circles she mingles.

I don't see any of these so called specialists who understand honour based crimes highlighting the issues within other cultures.

Its not honour then but merely DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, Insanity, mental breakdown.

If you have no RESPECT & HONOUR you will never understand what HONOUR is. We will dictate our own culture and norms. If you don't like it jog the f on.

[RazPaK]

Indians trolling again. My my, what else is new?

[neutral_person]

No one gives a sh1t about what this kanjri has to say, another stooge who wants to get on the bandwagon of insulting and demonising pakistanis etc in order to attain brownie points in the circles she mingles.

I don't see any of these so called specialists who understand honour based crimes highlighting the issues within other cultures.

Its not honour then but merely DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, Insanity, mental breakdown.

If you have no RESPECT & HONOUR you will never understand what HONOUR is. We will dictate our own culture and norms. If you don't like it jog the f on.

So according to you it is Pakistani culture that if a Pakistani Muslim girl falls in love with a non-Muslim guy, then she should be killed? Because that is what Naipaul's wife is speaking out against...

[foxbat]

Indians trolling again. My my, what else is new?

She is a Pakistani journalist married to a British Citizen.. Take the goggles off ().. they are blocking your vision ...

[SHAMK9]

No one gives a sh1t about what this kanjri has to say, another stooge who wants to get on the bandwagon of insulting and demonising pakistanis etc in order to attain brownie points in the circles she mingles.

I don't see any of these so called specialists who understand honour based crimes highlighting the issues within other cultures.

Its not honour then but merely DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, Insanity, mental breakdown.

If you have no RESPECT & HONOUR you will never understand what HONOUR is. We will dictate our own culture and norms. If you don't like it jog the f on.

Pakistani or not, she is still a woman, show some respect at least.

[foxbat]

So according to you it is Pakistani culture that if a Pakistani Muslim girl falls in love with a non-Muslim guy, then she should be killed? Because that is what Naipaul's wife is speaking out against...

Yes.. because a Muslim can not marry a non muslim

[Pride]

All the problem lies with South Asians like us who believe in "god-knows-what" superiority? Man Vs Woman, North India Vs South India, Casteism (and yes Muslims too), Ethnic groups (Punjabi Vs Sindhi Vs Pashtun Vs Muhajir in Pakistan and In India I am afraid to write all of there as that is longer list).

[Luffy 500]

Honor killings is part of Hindu culture and pre-islamic Subcontinent. It is very much a common occurrence in India even today.

[Syama Ayas]

Honor killings is part of Hindu culture and pre-islamic Subcontinent. It is very much a common occurrence in India even today.

Predictable jamati Hinduphobia.

[Luffy 500]

Predictable jamati Hinduphobia.

Where did you see hinduphobia here? Try to accept the truth and harsh reality no matter how bitter it is.

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Honor killings is part of Hindu culture and pre-islamic Subcontinent. It is very much a common occurrence in India even today.

Not the topic though.