rummy play with friendsThe first book by Naipaul I read was A House for Mr Biswas. I was extremely delighted by that book. It was so different and so unusual for that time. In those days, there was very little fiction except what came from England. Much later, I read The Enigma of Arrival, which is a marvellous work. It is a writer’s book. His language is superb, there is no question about it. But I have very mixed feelings about him. He is an excellent writer, but is also someone with a lot of complexes. It came from having your ancestry in a country that you despise and living in a country which you do not want to like, and then finally landing up in a country you know is not yours. I am sure it was a hard life, moving from West Indies to England, and trying to find his place there.Growth in India is projected to advance 7.3 per cent in Fiscal Year (FY) 2018/19 (April 1, 2018-March 31, 2019) and 7.5 per cent in FY 2019/20, reflecting robust private consumption and strengthening investment, the bank said in its June 2018 edition of the Global Economic Prospect report.On social media platforms, the algorithm is king. Your past preferences, announcements, clicks, search history, all decide what advertisements you are shown on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.  But as Gillian Brockell wrote on Twitter and in the Washington Post, algorithms can be especially cruel and insensitive in times of loss, when companies insist on showing advertisements, which have been deemed ‘relevant,’ though the person might be grieving.