Indian Writing in English

About the Book : Indian Writing in English An Anthology of Prose and Poetry Selections convers the syllabus for Discipline Course 1, Semester 1 for students of English under the Four Year Undergraduate Program me of the University of Delhi. Beginning with the poetry of H.L.V. Derozio, and closing with a short story by Aravind Adiga, the book also includes readings by noted commentators on the development of Indian writing in English. It carries comprehensive introductions to the history of the development of Indian Literature in English spanning over one hundred years, as also extensive headnotes to introduce the individual poetry and prose selections. This course attempts to include a large cross-section of Indian poets and authors who have made their mark on the literary map. The texts and the authors have been chosen carefully to represent various geographical and cultural variations in terms of caste, class, linguistic background, and domiclie. The writers featured in this text Henry Louis Vivian Derozio, Nissim Ezekiel, Kamala Das, Robin S Ngangom, Mulk Raj Anand, Salman Rushdie, Robinton Mistry, Aravind Adiga, Raja Rao, Meenakshi Mukherjee and Bruce King.