The anthology contains perceptive articles on the three major forms of Indian English Literature: poetry, fiction and drama. As usual fiction enjoys a lion’s share. The writers discussed in this anthology include poets like Sri Aurobindo, Sarojini Naidu, A.K. Ramanujan, Nissim Ezekiel; novelists like R.K. Narayan, Mulk Raj Anand, Raja Rao, Kamala Markandaya, Shantha Rama Rau, Nayantara Sahgal, Arun Joshi, Anita Desai, Shobha De, Arundhati Roy, Amit Chaudhuri; short story writers like Subhadra Sen, Kamala Das, Jhumpa Lahiri and dramatists like Rabindranath Tagore and Mahesh Dattani. The contributors to this Volume include Radhakanta Mishra, U.S. Rukhaiyar, K. Balachandran, M. Thirumeni, Bhagabat Nayak, S. John Peter Joseph, Jibesh Bhattacharyya, S.N. Vikram Raj Urs, T.K. Ravindran, G.A. Ghanshyam, Nishat Zaidi, Sadhana Agrawal, Madhu Joshi, Alka Singh, Indu Kulkarni, K.T. Sunitha, Anita Parihar, Basavaraj Naikar and Amar Nath Prasad.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Basavaraj Naikar
Basavaraj Naikar (b. 1949), M.A., Ph.D., D. Litt. (California), Professor and Chairman, Department of English, Karnatak University, Dharwad is a bilingual critic and creative writer. He has published several reviews and research articles both in Kannada and in English in national and international journals. He reviews the Indian literary works regularly for World Literature Today (Oklahoma, USA). He has translated many works from Kannada into English and vice versa. His specializations in teaching and research include Indian English Literature, Indian Literature in English Translation, American Literature, Commonwealth Literature. Anglo-Indian Literature, Religious Literature. Translation Theory and Practice and Creative Writing. He has a passion for music and philosophy in general. His the Thief of Nagarahalli and Other Stories and first historical-political novel, The Sun behind the Cloud dealing with the colonial encounter between Bhaskararao Bhave of Peshwa dynasty and the East India Company's authorities around 1857 have captured the attention of readers and critics. His Kannada publications include Paduvana Nadina Premavira, Kollada Neralu, Huchchuhole, Jogibhavi (staged, broadvast, telecast and prescribed as textbook for B.A. degree), Nigudha Saudha, Goverdhanaram, Asangata, Kannada Asangata Natakagalu, Samrachanavada, Beowulf, Gilgamesh Sahitya Charitre. His English publications Karnataka, Critical Articles on Nirad C. Chaudhri, Musings of Sarvajna, Shakespeare's Last Plays: A Study in Epic Affirmatioon. The Folk-Theatre of North Karnataka, Sparrows, Sandalwood, SangyaBalya, Fall of Kalyana, Kanakadasa: The Golden Servant of Lord Hari, Indian Response to Shakespeare and Indian English Literature, Vols. 1-4.
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