I am a Bengali and an Englishman. I am a striking illustration of the survival of the unfittest. When I write in English I am not writing as an Indian or an Englishman. I am just a writer.
Writers know no nationality.
I would also set down, as a matter of moral obligation, that I consider Kipling to be the only English writer who will have a permanent place in English literature with books on Indian themes, and who will also be read by everyone who wants to know not only British India but also timeless India. The Beeb does not have the faintest idea of Victorian norms and etiquette. They play to the popular culture. Britain is a corrupt civilization now. It is a revolt against death.