This anthology contains scholarly papers contributed by several scholars and teachers of English. This anthology covers Indian English poetry, novels and drama. The writers discussed in this anthology are – Taslima Nasrin, Biplab Majumdar, Shobha De, Praveen Gadhvi, Vijay Tendulkar, Mahesh Dattani, Keki N Daruwalla, Manju Kapur, Anita Desai, Kiran Desai, Shyam Selvaduraps.
Indian English literature is progressing very well specially in the field of fiction and Indian novelists are claiming world wide recognition and fame. This book will certainly help in assessing the growth of Indian English literature in the present century. It will prove to be a great asset to research scholars, teachers and avid readers of English literature.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ram Sharma
Dr. Ram Sharma was born in a small village Kaul of Kaithal District, Haryana on 15 October, 1930. He was awarded Ph.D. by the University of Punjab for his Thesis “Studies on the Aitareya Brahmana.†He secured a gold medal for getting first class first in M.A. (Sanskrit) and got MOL (Master of Oriental Learning) in Sanskrit. At an early age of fifteen years, he studied Sanskrit in Rajasthan and Punjab. Honorary titles “Vidhya Bhushanâ€, “Vidhya Vinodâ€, “Sahitya Ratan†have been conferred on him by different institutions. He knows five languages viz., Hindi, Sanskrit, Urdu, Punjabi and English and has mainly worked in the field of Epigraphy. He has published a number of papers on ancient Indian History in various journals of repute. He retired as Deputy Director, Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi.
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