Current Indian Writing in English : Essays and Interviews

Contents Preface Fiction 1 A web of langue and Parole in Amitav Ghoshs The Hungry Tide Nilanshu Kumar Agarwal 2 Exile as Leitmotif in Amitav Ghoshs The Glass Palace Kanwar Dinesh Singh 3 Rukmani as an epitome of Indian womanhood a critical consideration of Kamala Markandayas Nectar in a Sieve S John Peter Joseph 4 Music as a metaphor a study of Chitra Banerjee Divakarunis Queen of Dreams Sumeet Brar 5 Return to the roots a study of the select short stories of Jhumpa LahiriV Ranjani and N Rama Krishna 6 Marriage of educated women in Manju Kapurs A Married woman D Murali Manohar 7 Treatment of the Subaltern in Arundhati Roys The God of Small Things OP Dwivedi 8 Women at the crossroads reassessing Shobha Des Snapshots and Second Thoughts Anita Myles Poetry 9 The liberating Force of Ruskin Bonds poetry Swapan K Banerjee 10 Death in Shiv K Kumars poetry Anshu Sharma Drama 11 Love sacrifice and Ecstasy a study of Girish Karnads naga MandalaTanushree Nayak Interviews 12 Indian writing in English A conversation with Christopher Rollason and Ludmila Volna Nilanshu Kumar Agarwal 13 A Criticism of life an interview with the scholar poet AN Dwivedi Nilanshu Kumar Agarwal 14 Intimate aspects of life An Interview with Rabindra Kumar Swain Nilanshu Kumar Agarwal 15 Colouring of Human passion An interview with RK Singh Arbind Kumar Choudhary 16 An appealing poetic expression an interview with Kanwar Dinesh Singh Nilanshu Kumar Agarwal 17 The poetic rendezvous an interview with Smita Agarwal Nilanshu Kumar Agarwal 18 Human society as the Grist to the ever grinding mill of poets imagination an interview with P Raja Nilanshu Kumar Agarwal 19 Poetry of immense Grief an interview with Kamala Kapur Nilanshu Kumar Agarwal 20 Fusion of journalism and poetry an interview with Mamang Dai Nilanshu Kumar Agarwal Index The present book is a collection of essays papers that provide critical insights into the significant developments Indian English writing has made in the recent years Besides this book includes exclusive interviews with some of the finest contemporary Indian English poets and with critics on the current scenario of the Indian writing in English The comments of critics Christopher Rollason and Ludmila Volna on the Contemporary Indian English writing are remarkable Since most of the aforementioned writers have now been incorporated in the syllabi of English literature in several of Indian Universities the present book is extremely useful for both students and teachers of English and researchers in the field of Indian English literature 220 pp.…