INDYLIT

Jhumpa Lahiri, Rohinton Mistry, Bharati Mukherjee, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni & diaspora writers who carried India in their suitcases By ABS, The Literary Scholar, who believes exile writes the best literature—and nostalgia is just homesickness in a prettier font. They left India, but India never really left them. It clung to their characters like turmeric in […]

Raja Rao, R.K. Narayan, and Mulk Raj Anand: The Holy Trinity of Indian English Prose (With a Side of Spices) By ABS, The Literary Scholar, who believes the first stroke of a literary nation was made by a fountain pen dipped in cultural conflict. If Indian English Literature were a three-course meal, this trio served

The Indian Literature in English “When the Empire Gave a Language—and Got Literature Back with Masala.” 🌏 From Colonies to Colloquialisms Indian literature in English was never supposed to be this sassy. It started off obediently enough—some decorous essays, a few “dearest sirs,” and a fear of misplacing commas in front of Queen Victoria. But