INDIAN

WRITING IN
ENGLISH
 INDIAN WRITERS OF ENGLISH
LANGUAGE

• Indian writers English Language refers to

the body of work by writers in India who
write in the English language and whose
native or co-native language could be one
of the numerous languages of India.
• India was a legend in England before the
two countries came face to face.
• The two countries have dealt with each
other in trade, military and political affairs
for about three and half centuries.
• India gave wealth and Empire to England
and of many things she receive in return.
• The most significant are the English
language and the concept of the
constitutional government.
Indo Anglian
literature

Anglo Indian

Indo-English
 INDO-ANGLIAN LITERATURE

• “ As literature produced in the English language

by the Indian authors.”
• This term was first used in 1813.
• Book published in Calcutta title ‘Indo Anglian
Literature’.
• Dr.K.R.Srinivasa Iyengar adopted it as the title of
his first book on this subject
• “Indo Anglian Literature” published in 1943.
• Another kind of Indian Writing called “Anglo
Indian”
• Literary works dealing with Indian theme,
setting and purpose written by Englishmen.
• Edward Oaten in his prize winning essay “A
Sketch of Anglo Indian Literature” published
in 1908.
 NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH
CENTURY INDIAN WRITERS
• Novelist Bankin Chandrra Chatterji (1836-
94) wrote European-influenced literature.
• The great Tamil poet and journalist
Subramania Bharari (1881-1921) was from
Madras.
• He was exiled by the Raj to the French
enclave of Pondicherry.
• Trinidad-born, Indian writer V.S. Naipaul is
often named as a possible recipient of the
Nobel Prize for Literature.
• He won the Booker Prize for his book India:
A Million Mutinies.
 SAROJINI NAIDU

• The Nightingale of India,

Sarojini Naidu was a prolific
writer and poet.
• The first volume of her
poetries The Golden
Threshold was published in
1905, after which two more
collections The Bird of Time
and The Broken Wing
arrived in 1912 and 1917
respectively.
• Sarojini Naidu, also known as Sarojini
Chattopadhyaya, was a famous Indian
poet and a major freedom fighter who
went on becoming the first Indian woman
to be appointed the president of the Indian
National Congress and the Governor of any
state in India.
• Most of all, she was a noted child prodigy
and a master of the children's literature
 KHUSHWANT SINGH
• Khushwant Singh was an Indian novelist,
journalist, and a lawyer.
• He was a man of many talents and served
the Indian legal system, Indian journalism
and literature all with equal passion and
hard work.
• Singh was more known for his writing and
Indian literature is lucky to have received
works like ‘Train to Pakistan’ (1956),
‘Delhi: A Novel’ (1990), ‘The Company of
Women’ (1999), ‘Truth, Love and a Little
Malice’ (2002), ‘The Good, the Bad and the
Ridiculous’ (2013), etc.
 MULK RAJ ANAND
• One of the first Indian writers in the English
language to make a mark on the
international scenario, Mulk Raj Anand was
an author with hundreds of novels, short
stories and essays to his name.
• Considered a pioneer of the anglo-Indian
fiction, he is best remembered for his
depiction of the poorer classes of people in
India and their plight.
• His writings are rich with the realistic and
touching portrayal of the problems of the
common man, often written with heart
wrenching clarity.
• Mulk Raj Anand was much too familiar with
the problems of the poorer sections himself.
• The son of a coppersmith, he had witnessed
cruelties of unimaginable horrors unfold
before his own eyes—all that stemmed
from the caste system that loomed over
India like a malignant curse.
 MAHATMA GANDHI
• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi has
always been a very prominent figure in
Indian history.
• ‘My Experiments with the Truth’, his
autobiography that covers his life from
early childhood till 1921.
• The introduction mentions how Gandhi
resumed writing at the insistence of a
fellow prisoner at Yerwada Central jail.
 R.K. NARAYAN
• Naryan’s His first novel,
Swami and Friends
(1935), is an episodic
narrative recounting the
adventures of a group of
schoolboys.
• That book and much of
Narayan’s later works
are set in the fictitious
South Indian town of
Malgudi.
• Narayan typically portrays the peculiarities of
human relationships and the ironies of Indian
daily life, in which modern urban existence
clashes with ancient tradition.
• His style is graceful, marked by genial
humour, elegance, and simplicity.
 RABINDRANTH TAGORE

• Tagore's works initially

won him recognition in
Bengal.
• Gitanjali, an English
translation of some of
his poems, won
worldwide acclaim in
1913, and paved the
way for his winning the
Nobel prize.
• Rabindranth Tagore (1861-1941), a poet,
philosopher and writer from Calcutta, was
the first non-European to win the Nobel
Prize in literature.
• Tagore songs are collectively known as
Rabindrasangeet ("the music of Rabindra").
They are frequently heard on the streets of
Calcutta and are fixtures of wedding and
festivals.
 INDIAN RENAISSANCE
• Raja Ram Mohan Roy and Keshab Chandra
Sen
• First time Indian began to question the
orthodox, prejudices,dogmas and
superstitions that had gripped them for
centuries.
• The beginning of the 19th century, the main
aspect of the Indian Renaissance was the
effort to recreate the cultural life that
existed in the West.
 INDIAN WRITERS

Aurobindo

Sarojini Naidu Tagore

Mulk Raj R.K.Narayan

Anand Raja Rao
• Mulk Raj Anand and R.K.Narayan have
received favourable critical response from.
• E.M.Forster and Graham Greene.
• Past hundred and fifty years Indo Anglian
Literature has outstanding achievements
to its credit in the creative as well as critical
fields.
• It is also associated with the works of
members of the Indian diaspora, such as V.
S. Naipaul, Kiran Desai, Jhumpa Lahiri and
Salman Rushdie, who are of Indian descent
• The first book written by an Indian in
English was by Sake Dean Mahomet ,
titled Travels of Dean Mahomet ;
Mahomet's travel narrative was
published in 1793 in England.
 SOME FAMOUS INDIAN
ENGLISH WRITERS
• Salman Rushdie
• Vikram Seth
• Shashi Tharoor
• V.S Naipaul
• Amitav Ghosh
• Jhumpa Lahiri
• Upamanyu Chatterjee
• Rohinton Mistry
 SALMAN RUSHDIE
• The most notable is
Salman Rushdie, born in
India, now living in the
United Kingdom.
• Rushdie with his
famous work Midnight's
Children (Booker Prize
1981, Booker of Bookers
1992, and Best of the
Bookers 2008) ushered
in a new trend of
writing.
• He used a hybrid language – English
generously peppered with Indian terms –
to convey a theme that could be seen as
representing the vast canvas of India.
• He is usually categorized under the
magic realism mode of writing most
famously associated with Gabriel García
Marquez .
VIKRAM SETH
• Author of A Suitable Boy
(1994) is a writer who
uses a purer English and
more realistic themes.
• Being a self-confessed
fan of Jane Austen, his
attention is on the story,
its details and its twists
and turns.
• Vikram Seth is notable both as an
accomplished novelist and poet.
• Vikram Seth's outstanding achievement
as a versatile and prolific poet remains
largely and unfairly neglected.
 SHASHI THAROOR
• Shashi Tharoor, in his
The Great Indian Novel
(1989), follows a story-
telling (though in a
satirical) mode as in
the Mahabharata
drawing his ideas by
going back and forth in
time.
• His work as UN official living outside India
has given him a vantage point that helps
construct an objective Indianness., edit, and
animate your media
• Tharoor began writing at the age of His
World War II adventure novel .
• Each of his books has been a best-seller in
India like his latest book, India: From
Midnight to Millennium
 V.S NAIPAUL

• V.S Naipaul One of the most enduring figures

in the field and a nobel laureate, V.S. Naipaul,
is of Indian origin although he was born in
Trinidad.
• His prolific writing career includes works
such as A House for Mr. Biswas , India: A
Wounded Civilization, An Area of Darkness,
India: A Million Mutinies Now, and A Bend in
the River.
• Naipaul is another writer
who has courted
controversy for a long time.
• His often scathing
commentaries on
developing countries like
India or the Caribbean and
his critical assessment of
Muslim fundamentalism on
non-Arab countries have
been subjected to harsh
criticism.
 AMITAV GHOSH
• Another respected
name that should
feature on a list of the
top ten contemporary
Indian writers is Amitav
Ghosh, who has won
many accolades
including the Sahitya
Academy Award and
the Prix Medicis
Estranger of France.
• Although less prone to controversy, he is
responsible for producing some of the
most lyrical and insightful works on the
effect of colonialism on the native people.
• His books include The Circle of Reason,
The Glass Palace, The Calcutta
Chromosome, and The Hungry Tide .
 JHUMPA LAHIRI
• Jhumpa Lahiri, a recent entered into the
world of Indian writers, tackles the much-
debated topic of cultural identity of
Indians in a far off land.
• Lahiri took the literary world by storm
when her debut book, The Interpreter of
Maladies, won the prestigious Pulitzer
Prize in 2000
• The Namesake, her first
novel, is an ambitious
attempt to chart the
lives of a family of
immigrants through the
eyes of a young boy.
• Both her books have
received brickbats as
well as accolades but
she deserves a mention
for tackling a subject
long ignored by other
Indian writers
 UPAMANYU CHATTERJEE
• Upamanyu Chatterjee deserves a mention
as he was one of the first Indian authors who
found success outside of India with his 1988
debut novel, English, August.
• His wry sense of humor and realistic
portrayal of India has given us the witty and
amusing, The Mammaries of the Welfare
State.
• However, he hasn’t been able to replicate
the success of his debut novel with his later
works, especially in the West.
UPAMANYU CHATTERJEE
 ROHINTON MISTRY
• Rohinton Mistry books shed light on the
issues affecting the Parsi community in
India.
• Although the novels are long and at
times depressing, the beauty of the
books lies in their lyrical prose.
• Some of his better known works include
Such a Long Journey, Family Matters,
and A Fine Balance.
ROHINTON MISTRY
• Shripad Krishnarao Vaidya (born on 05th
May, 1969) from Maharashtra, India has
created a record by writing a Poetry
book with the longest title.
• This book has title in 355 words. It was
published on 28th March, 2010.
• The title of this book is grammatically
correct and makes a sense about the
theme of the book. Longest Title Poetry
Book
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