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cool_yv

@cool_yv

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Posted: 16 years ago

Hey, Am new to the forum though

can anyone please help me with some good books set in indian backdrop please the author may not be indian

Please

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Devanshi

@pisces25

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Posted: 16 years ago

I recently read The god of small things by Arundhati Roy it is a really nice book set in Kerala with a indian backdrop. There are other nice ones like:
-Fasting and feasting- Anita Desai
- Cinnamon Gardens-Shyam Selvadurai
- Family Matters- Rohinton Mistry
- A fine balance- Rohinton Mistry
- Sister of my heart - Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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@tapishh

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Posted: 16 years ago

Try:

A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth, It's awesome!!!

Also Fasting and Feasting is amazing!! =)

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cool_yv

@cool_yv

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Posted: 16 years ago

Hey thank you so much
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Edited by cool_yv - 16 years ago

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cool_yv

@cool_yv

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Posted: 16 years ago

What about white tiger heard much of it too??

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@ShadowKisses

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Posted: 16 years ago

Originally posted by: pisces25
I recently read The god of small things by Arundhati Roy it is a really nice book set in Kerala with a indian backdrop. There are other nice ones like:
-Fasting and feasting- Anita Desai
- Cinnamon Gardens-Shyam Selvadurai
- Family Matters- Rohinton Mistry
- A fine balance- Rohinton Mistry
- Sister of my heart - Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

I second those. Rohinton Mistry is a fascinating writer. You might also want to try out his book "Such a long Journey". It's a touching story, but what really stands out is the political backdrop and the ironic tension within the family.

There's also the book called "What the Body Remembers" by Shauna Singh Baldwin. It's a remarkable novel that tells the tale of a Sikh landowner, and his wives under the backdrop of the partion of 1947. It's a topic that's been done to death yet Baldwin manages to put a new refreshing spin to it.

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cool_yv

@cool_yv

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Posted: 16 years ago

Thanks but read white tiger yesterday

it was not very good it was just fine.

Edited by cool_yv - 16 years ago

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293418

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Posted: 16 years ago

I am going to recommend two of Thrity Umrigar's books. For me her writing was very accessible, and I did not at all feel bored reading them due to the engaging characters she has in her books. The second one I recommended is more depressing, just a bit of an FYI.

Bombay Time
The Space Between Us

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KaneBC

@KaneBC

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Posted: 16 years ago

The Calcutta Chromosome - Amitav Ghosh

The striking thing about this book, is that it's a thriller with a bit of a science-fiction edge. Thats not unusual but the fact that it's a science fiction thriller set in India is. Refreshing to see a book about India that touches on colonisation but it's not it's overriding theme.