The decade saw the emergence of Indian and Pakistani writers on the world literary scene. Subcontinental storytellers writing in English are now visible everywhere. Salman Rushdie was once a lone ranger in these climes, but today he has ample company. Not a single year goes by without a writer of Indian, Pakistani or Bnagladeshi origin finding a mention in the Man Booker shortlist. The names that attracted attention were Hari Kunzru, Arvind Adiga, Kiran Desai, Amitabh Kumar and Jhumpa Lahiri from India, where as Bapsi Sidhwa, Mohammad Hanif, Daniyal Mueenuddin and Mohsin Hamid from Pakistani, made their country proud. Detractors, however, maintain that most of these books were written keeping western readers and the Man Booker in mind and that these works lacked the depth of true literature.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
South Asian writers
The decade saw the emergence of Indian and Pakistani writers on the world literary scene. Subcontinental storytellers writing in English are now visible everywhere. Salman Rushdie was once a lone ranger in these climes, but today he has ample company. Not a single year goes by without a writer of Indian, Pakistani or Bnagladeshi origin finding a mention in the Man Booker shortlist. The names that attracted attention were Hari Kunzru, Arvind Adiga, Kiran Desai, Amitabh Kumar and Jhumpa Lahiri from India, where as Bapsi Sidhwa, Mohammad Hanif, Daniyal Mueenuddin and Mohsin Hamid from Pakistani, made their country proud. Detractors, however, maintain that most of these books were written keeping western readers and the Man Booker in mind and that these works lacked the depth of true literature.
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