Wonders and Splendours in Indian Fiction in English

Contents: Preface. 1. Domestic violence in Kamala Markandaya\'s : a silence of desire/Balasaheb Sagade. 2. Negotiating political space in the post Independent India: A study of Rophinton Mistry\'s novels/D. Jockim. 3. Feministic perspectives in Bharati Mukherjee\'s middlemen and other stories/R. Madhavi. 4. The quest for feminine social identity in Shobha De\'s socialite evenings/Hyacinth Pink. 5. Geetha Hariharan\'s in times of Siege: a fusion of exile and nation/Archana Parashar. 6. Behind the curtains: endurance and silence/Srirupa Banerjee. 7. The theme of anti-colonialism in a bend in the Ganges/Basavaraj Naikar. 8. Nitin Bose as a schizophrenic in Gita Mehta\'s a river Sutra: a study/G. Dominic Savio and S.J. Kala. 9. Identity consciousness racial identity in the novels of Kamala Markandaya/Monisha Saxena. 10. A fabulous phenomena of story telling in P. Raja\'s The blood and other stories/Lily Arul Sharmila. 11. Move from feminine to female stages: Anita Desai\'s fire on the mountain/M.S. Chandra. 12. Suffering is not a matter of option for Rosie: a study of R.K. Narayan\'s the guide/Sau. Seema Sanjay Jagtap and Alka A. Bhise. 13. The theme of marital incompatibility in Gita Hariharan\'s The Thousand Faces of Night/K. Mangayarkarasi. 14. Political and cultural views in Nayantara Sahgal\'s storm in Chandigarh/S. Sabithashunmugapriya. 15. The image of modern Indian women in Manju Kapur\'s a married woman/K. Suneetha Reddy. 16. Immigrant experience depicted in the works of Jhumpa Lahiri/F. Mary Priya. 17. Bama: the apostle of Dalit feminism in India/K. Jayaraju. 18. Bhattacharya\'s so many hungers: an analytical study/T.M. Bhaskar. Index. Indian writers with artistic skill move many interesting things into the fabric of their creative writings. The telling of the tale is interesting and emits a unique aroma that captured the readers of all sections in India and abroad. The fictional world of the Indian Writers on English reflects contemporary life, present problems and changing human values. The new nations in the making, the old traditions crumbling and the brave new world that rose our of the computerised world is preserved in the creative writings. The writings of Indian fiction in English is a museum where every book has its own importance because it captured the change in time. Any casual reading of a short story or a novel will not only make us think about the conditions prevalent in the society but also makes us evaluate our own contribution to the mankind. (jacket)