The Vintage Book of Indian Writing, 1947-97

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Salman Rushdie was born in 1947 and in this anthology he has brought together the best Indian writing written since then through to the present day to coincide with the 50th anniversary of independence. Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Introduction Jawaharlal Nehru: Tryst with Destiny Nayantara Sahgal: With Pride and Prejudice Saadat Hasan Manto: Toba Tek Singh G. V. Desani: All about H. Hatterr Nirad C. Chaudhuri: My Birthplace Kamala Markandaya: Hunger Mulk Raj Anand: The Liar R. K. Narayan: Fellow-Feeling Ved Mehta: Activities and Outings Anita Desai: Games at Twilight Ruth Prawer Jhabvala: In the Mountains Satyaj it Ray: Big Bill Salman Rushdie: The Perforated Sheet Padma Perera: Dr Salaam Upamanyu Chatterjee: The Assassination of Indira Gandhi Rohinton Mistry: The Collectors Bapsi Sidhwa: Ranna's Story I. Allan Sealy: The Trotter-Nama Shashi Tharoor: A Raj Quartet Sara Suleri: Meatless Days Firdaus Kanga: Trying to Grow Anjana Appachana: Sharmaji Amit Chaudhuri: Sandeep's Visit Amitav Ghosh: Nashawy Githa Hariharan: The Remains of the Feast Gita Mehta: The Teacher's Story Vikram Seth: A Suitable Boy Vikram Chandra: Shakti Ardashir Vakil: Unforced Errors Mukul Kesavan: One and a Half Arundhati Roy: Abhilash Talkies Kiran Desai: Strange Happenings in the Guava Orchard Biographical Notes Acknowledgements Пустая страница Пустая страница