Naipaul visited Malaysia 23 years ago to gather materials for his book, Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions among the Converted Peoples. Photo: Shutterstock Naipaul visited Malaysia 23 years ago to gather materials for his book, Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions among the Converted Peoples. Photo: Shutterstock
Naipaul visited Malaysia 23 years ago to gather materials for his book, Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions among the Converted Peoples. Photo: Shutterstock
Karim Raslan
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On Reflection by Karim Raslan

I was bored listening to the famous ... then I met V.S. Naipaul

The Nobel laureate’s painstaking ways in interviewing subjects while gathering materials for his book left a deep and lasting impact on writer Karim Raslan

Karim Raslan
Karim Raslan

Updated: 9:41pm, 31 Aug, 2018

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Naipaul visited Malaysia 23 years ago to gather materials for his book, Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions among the Converted Peoples. Photo: Shutterstock Naipaul visited Malaysia 23 years ago to gather materials for his book, Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions among the Converted Peoples. Photo: Shutterstock
Naipaul visited Malaysia 23 years ago to gather materials for his book, Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions among the Converted Peoples. Photo: Shutterstock
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