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Badami, Anita Rau


The Hero's Walk

An Indian grandfather is reunited with his Canadian granddaughter.

Balasubramanyam, Raj


In Beautiful Disguises

A young woman escapes her tyrannical father.

Baldwin, Shauna Singh


What the Body Remembers

A Sikh family saga set during the partition of India.

Chaudhuri, Amit


A New World

An Indian living in the United States returns "home" for a visit.

Desai, Anita


Diamond Dust

A collection of short stories set in the contemporary world.

Desai, Kiran


Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard

A drama set in a village.

Divakaruni, Chitra


Unknown Errors of Our Lives

A collection of short stories about women.

Forbes, Leslie


Bombay Ice

A thriller set in Bombay.

Forster, E.M.


Passage to India

This classic piece of fiction explores Anglo Indian race relation in 1920s British-India.

Ghosh, Amitav


Glass Palace

A family saga that spans several generations and many locations from India to Malaysia.

Gupta, Sunetra


Memories of Rain

The story of an Indian woman and her English husband.

Jha, Radhika


Smell

An Indian woman leaves Kenya for Paris.

Jha, Raj Kamal


The Blue Bedspread

A middle aged man's memories of childhood unfold with the arrival of a newborn.

Kaye, Mary Margaret


Far Pavilions

A romantic tale set in nineteenth century British-India.

Kipling, Rudyard


Kim

The classic tale of a poor white boy raised in British-India.

Kirchner, Bharati


Sharmila's Book

A young Indian woman raised in America goes to India in search of a husband.

Lahiri, Jhumpa


Interpreter of Maladies

Short stories that capture the heart of the Indian immigrant experience. Pulitzer Prize.

Mahindra, Indira


End Play

An upper-class woman has privilege, but attempts to carve out her life.

Markandaya, Kamala


Nectar in a Sieve

The lives of village women and their changing world unfold in this novel.

Mehta, Gita


River Sutra

A voyage of self-discovery for a middle aged man who leaves his job and home.

Metzer, Patty


Lights of the Veil

An inter-religious romance and thriller combined in one!

Mishra, Pankaj


The Romantics
An Indian student meets a string of western students at University.

Mistry, Rohinton


A Fine Balance

The protagonists of this novel are victims of the political crisis of the 1970s. Commonwealth Writer's Prize.

Naipaul, V.S.


A Bend in the River

A nameless African town through the eyes of an uprooted Indian.

Nigam, Sanjay


Snake Charmer

A story of faith and despair of the seemingly simple snake charmer.

Roy, Arundhati


God of Small Things

A family story that deals with class and caste issues. Booker Prize.

Rushdie, Salman


East, West: Stories

Short stories about the East, about the West, and about the two together.

Scott, Paul


Jewel in the Crown

A drama that explores race relations during the collapse of the British Empire.

Seth, Vikram


Suitable Boy

The lives and stories of four families in newly independent India. Commonwealth Writer's Prize.

Sidhwa, Babsi


Cracking India

The partition of India through the eyes of a young Parsee girl.

Suri, Manil


Death of Vishnu

The twists and turns of life in an apartment building in Bombay. Local author.

Syal, Meera


Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee

Three women and their many adventures.

Tagore, Rabindranath


Selected Short Stories

Scenes from Bengali life at the turn of the century. Nobel Prize.

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