The Said and the Unsaid Things of Indian Fiction in English

Contents: Preface. 1. The trauma of partition in Azadi/Basavaraj Naikar. 2. Socialite evenings of Shobha de: a study in self actualization/Dilip K. Madhesiya. 3. Shashi Despande's protagonists: a harrowing experience/Satendra Kumar and H.C.S. Chauhan. 4. Reflection of gender identity and discrimination in Shashi Deshpande's novel: the binding vine/Grishma Khobragade. 5. Basavaraj Naikars light in the house: a hagiographical novel/Meenakshi Sundaram. 6. Naikar memorializes Babasaheb in the sun behind the cloud/Shyam S. Agarwalla. 7. Teaching English through Indian fiction in English/G. Sundari. 8. The queen and the colonial cage: a peep into Basavaraj Naikars the queen of Kittur/Sudhir K. Arora. 9. Violence as sine qua non: a study of select novels of Rohinton mistry and Amitav Ghosh/Ch. Swathi. 10. A thematic study of the novels of Kiran Desai/Satendra Kumar.... Indian Fiction in English developed rapidly and also became a popular genre in Indian literature in English and in world literature. With its vast variety of themes, subject matter narrative technique and style it has won a unique place in the hearts of the literary lovers. The changing relationships in the changing world is well captured in the words, phrases, images and expressions by our writers. (jacket)