There is no dearth of Indian authors who write in English language, as
of today. But it was not same a century ago. English literature and
writing was still in its nascent phase in India and most of the Indian
writers were either used to be Indian born British or Britain educated
Indians. The list includes exponents such as George Orwell, Rudyard
Kipling, Jim Corbett, Tagore and Sarojini Naidu among others.
The post independence decades were largely dormant with only few names
such as Nirad C Chaudhuri and R K Narayan inciting curiosity if any. It
was as late as early eighties that the new breed of writers such as
Salman Rushdie, Vikram Seth, Amitabh Ghosh and Anita Desai started
popping upon the international literary map. The new breed of authors
and writers who emerged in post reform era carried the initiative
forward. These writers have created a niche for themselves among the
readers across the globe and have given signal loud and clear that they
are here to stay. The list includes the likes of Pankaj Misra, William
Dalrymple, Chetan Bhagat, Anurag Mathur, Kiran Desai, Kamla Das, Hari
Kunzuru, Jhumpa Lahiri and Arundhati Roy among others.
