| Author |
Title |
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Badami, Anita Rau |
The Hero's Walk
An Indian grandfather is reunited with his Canadian granddaughter.
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Balasubramanyam, Raj |
In Beautiful Disguises
A young woman escapes her tyrannical father.
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Baldwin, Shauna Singh |
What the Body Remembers
A Sikh family saga set during the partition of India.
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Chaudhuri, Amit |
A New World
An Indian living in the United States returns "home" for
a visit.
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Desai, Anita |
Diamond Dust
A collection of short stories set in the contemporary
world.
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Desai, Kiran |
Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard
A drama set in a village.
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Divakaruni, Chitra |
Unknown Errors of Our Lives
A collection of short stories about women.
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Forbes, Leslie |
Bombay Ice
A thriller set in Bombay.
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Forster, E.M. |
Passage to India
This classic piece of fiction explores Anglo Indian race relation
in 1920s British-India.
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Ghosh, Amitav |
Glass Palace
A family saga that spans several generations and many locations
from India to Malaysia.
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Gupta, Sunetra |
Memories of Rain
The story of an Indian woman and her English husband.
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Jha, Radhika |
Smell
An Indian woman leaves Kenya for Paris.
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Jha, Raj Kamal |
The Blue Bedspread
A middle aged man's memories of childhood unfold with the arrival
of a newborn.
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Kaye, Mary Margaret |
Far Pavilions
A romantic tale set in nineteenth century British-India.
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Kipling, Rudyard |
Kim
The classic tale of a poor white boy raised in British-India.
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Kirchner, Bharati |
Sharmila's Book
A young Indian woman raised in America goes to India in search of
a husband.
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Lahiri, Jhumpa |
Interpreter of Maladies
Short stories that capture the heart of the Indian
immigrant experience. Pulitzer Prize.
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Mahindra, Indira |
End Play
An upper-class woman has privilege, but attempts to carve out her
life.
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Markandaya, Kamala |
Nectar in a Sieve
The lives of village women and their changing world unfold in this
novel.
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Mehta, Gita |
River Sutra
A voyage of self-discovery for a middle aged man who leaves his
job and home.
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Metzer, Patty |
Lights of the Veil
An inter-religious romance and thriller combined in one!
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Mishra, Pankaj |
The Romantics
An Indian student meets a string of western students at
University.
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Mistry, Rohinton |
A Fine Balance
The protagonists of this novel are victims of the political crisis
of the 1970s. Commonwealth Writer's Prize.
|
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Naipaul, V.S. |
A Bend in the River
A nameless African town through the eyes of an uprooted Indian.
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Nigam, Sanjay |
Snake Charmer
A story of faith and despair of the seemingly simple snake
charmer.
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Roy, Arundhati |
God of Small Things
A family story that deals with class and caste issues. Booker
Prize.
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Rushdie, Salman |
East, West: Stories
Short stories about the East, about the West, and about the
two together.
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Scott, Paul |
Jewel in the Crown
A drama that explores race relations during the collapse of the
British Empire.
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Seth, Vikram |
Suitable Boy
The lives and stories of four families in newly independent India.
Commonwealth Writer's Prize.
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Sidhwa, Babsi |
Cracking India
The partition of India through the eyes of a young Parsee girl.
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Suri, Manil |
Death of Vishnu
The twists and turns of life in an apartment building in Bombay.
Local author.
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Syal, Meera |
Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee
Three women and their many adventures.
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Tagore, Rabindranath |
Selected Short Stories
Scenes from Bengali life at the turn of the century. Nobel Prize.
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