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Modern Literature:

Reviews and Summaries of Indian Fiction in English:

Unless specially mentioned, the reviews are by Chandra.

Authors:

Anjana Appachana, Bankimchandra Chatterjee,

Anita Desai, Kiran Desai, Gauri Deshpande

Shashi Deshpande, Shama Futehally, Amitav Ghosh

Romesh Gunesekera, Githa Hariharan, Manju Kapur

Jai Nimbkar, Indira Srinivasan & Chetna Bhat

 

Anjana Appachana
1. LISTENING NOW
Review: Meenakshi Mukherjee
Another Review: Chandra
Another View: Helen Argent

2. INCANTATIONS

Bankimchandra Chatterjeee
RAJMOHAN'S WIFE

 

Anita Desai
FASTING, FEASTING

 

Kiran Desai
HULLABALOO IN THE GUAVA ORCHARD

 

 Gauri Deshpande
THE LACKADAISICAL SWEEPER

 

Shashi Deshpande
1. SMALL REMEDIES
2. A MATTER OF TIME
3. THE INTRUSION AND OTHER STORIES
4. THE DARK HOLDS NO TERRORS
Review: Champa Bilwakesh 
5. THAT LONG SILENCE
(DIE LAST DES SCHWEIGENS)
Review in German by Elsbeth Wetzel
Review in English by Chandra

 

Shama Futehally
PORTRAIT OF A CHILDHOOD

 

Amitav Ghosh
1. THE SHADOW LINES
2. DANCING IN CAMBODIA, AT LARGE IN BURMA
Review: Salil Tripathi

Romesh Gunesekera
SANDGLASS
Review: Salil Tripathi

 

Githa Hariharan
THE THOUSAND FACES OF NIGHT

Manju Kapur
DIFFICULT DAUGHTERS

Jai Nimbkar
1. COME RAIN

2. TEMPORARY ANSWERS

Indira Srinivasan and Chetna Bhat (Editors)
BEST LOVED INDIAN STORIES, VOL. 1

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