Any books written by Indian Authors?

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Jwalamukhi

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Posted: 15 years ago

K, so

I was looking at my local library's catalouge and was really interested in knowing if there are any boosk regarding our culture, or by our indian authors available to read. The books must be fiction.

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isomers

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Posted: 15 years ago

Umm..I know a couple of young adult ones, they're young adult fiction..i think!

there's one that's called "Koyal Dark, Mango Sweet" ,Blue Jasmine, and there was something else..I can't remember the name. 😆sorry!

the culture is definitely mentioned and a pretty important topic as well but the plot is kind of different-ish.

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Sun-Love

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Posted: 15 years ago

One of the most common Indian author's I've seen in libraries here is Jhumpa Lahiri

There's this book I read back in high school called "Raj" (I think) I don't remember who wrote it but it was a decent read.

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_Anonymous_

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Posted: 15 years ago

you should read 'a fine balance', its fantastic!

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ammygurl

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Posted: 15 years ago

@ anonymous... What is it about? sounds good.. thanks in advance... Ananya

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_Anonymous_

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Posted: 15 years ago

About 4 people whos lives you read about as individuals and then see how their lives entwine through India's years between the 1940s and 1970s

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Bhavna

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Posted: 15 years ago

There are quite a few Indian authors that I've heard of, though I'm not sure about their books. Arundhati Roy (I think?), Shoba Dey (De? Dey?), and R. K. Narayan. I studied Narayan's The English Teacher for Literature in 9th grade and admittedly it was a little boring...Maybe his other works are more interesting? IDK...

Hope it helped! *hugs* :D

Love,
Bhav (:

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Jyota

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Posted: 15 years ago

here are some indian writers but I believe all of them live in America now. But, beside their names r some books I read by them. Enjoy =)

Kashmira Sheth - Blue Jasmine, Keeping Corner, Koyal Dark Mango Sweet

Shobhan Bantwal - The Forbidden Daughter

Anjali Banerjee - Imaginery Men

Chitra Banerjee Dinvakaruni - Sister of my heart and the sequel is called the Vine of Desire

Mitali Perkins - The Secret Keeper

The last author I just remembered was Vikas Swarup, he's written Slumdog Millionaire and the Six Suspects

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Jyota

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Posted: 15 years ago

Originally posted by: -Nitya-
Umm..I know a couple of young adult ones, they're young adult fiction..i think!

there's one that's called "Koyal Dark, Mango Sweet" ,Blue Jasmine, and there was something else..I can't remember the name. 😆sorry!

the culture is definitely mentioned and a pretty important topic as well but the plot is kind of different-ish.

these r really gr8 books I have read all of Kashmira Sheth's books and you're right they're kinda young adult stuff but, you can realli enjoy them.
btw.. The 1 u missed was called Keeping Corner 😊

Edited by ILUVPREM - 15 years ago