The book Novel as History: a Study of Post Colonial Indian Novels had its genesis when I was on a UGC Fellowship struggling to complete my thesis on history writing and novel writing at Sambalpur University during the years 1999-2001. The work almost theoretical in its nature posed problems in its course. To add to the hurdles. I found a paucity of any monograph not on the technical aspects of writing history and novel but on historical novels in Indian writing. ...
