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Post-Independence India saw a significant development in Indian fiction-writing in English though it was expected that English as a language would leave India too, once the British quit the subcontinent. In the Vintage Book of Indian Writing, Salman Rushdie claimed that India's best writing since Independence may have been done in the language of the departed imperialists. The pre-Independence Indian English fiction had nationalism as the major theme. However ...
The Indian English novel has come a long way from its infancy in the 1860s to the present day. From being a mere imitation of the western style of writing it has emerged today as a full-fledged form of expression having its own distinct identity and flavour. Endowed with the richness and variety of the Indian soil and weather, the Indian English novel has transcended the barriers of language to represent the complex national consciousness in its essence. The ...