As interest in postcolonial and Indian English fiction grows, there is an increasing need for a critical re-evaluation of the Raj fiction which preceded, and in some cases was produced alongside, the work of Indian authors in English. Lilamani is the second novel to appear after Charles Pearce's Love Besieged, as part of the effort to publish lesser-known Raj fiction. Maud Diver's Lilamani marks a significant departure from the popular theme, in Raj fiction, of ...
