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Essential Works of Modern Indian Literature

From Adiga to Lahiri, from Desai to Rushdie, this is a list of 60 of the most essential books to understand modern India, from Indian authors and translators.
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Corridor (Sarnath Banerjee)
Corridor (Sarnath Banerjee)
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The Simoqin Prophecies (Samit Basu)
The Simoqin Prophecies (Samit Basu)
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The Manticore's Secret (Samit Basu)
The Manticore's Secret (Samit Basu)
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Unwaba Revelations (Samit Basu)
Unwaba Revelations (Samit Basu)
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Red Earth and Pouring Rain
Red Earth and Pouring Rain
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English, August (Upamanyu Chatterjee)
English, August (Upamanyu Chatterjee)
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A Strange and Sublime Address (Amit Chaudhuri)
A Strange and Sublime Address (Amit Chaudhuri)
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Arzee the Dwarf (Chandrahas Choudhury)
Arzee the Dwarf (Chandrahas Choudhury)
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Solo (Rana Dasgupta)
Solo (Rana Dasgupta)
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The Point of Return (Siddhartha Deb)
The Point of Return (Siddhartha Deb)
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In Custody (Anita Desai)
In Custody (Anita Desai)
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The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
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The Circle of Reason (Amitav Ghosh)
The Circle of Reason (Amitav Ghosh)
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The Glassblower's Breath (Sunetra Gupta)
The Glassblower's Breath (Sunetra Gupta)
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The Burnt Forehead of Max Saul (Indrajit Hazra)
The Burnt Forehead of Max Saul (Indrajit Hazra)
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Difficult Daughters by Manju Kapur
Difficult Daughters by Manju Kapur
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Looking Through Glass (Mukul Kesavan)
Looking Through Glass (Mukul Kesavan)
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Jejuri (Arun Kolatkar)
Jejuri (Arun Kolatkar)
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The Namesake
The Namesake
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The Lowland
The Lowland
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Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
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Unaccustomed Earth
Unaccustomed Earth
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Such a Long Journey
Such a Long Journey
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The Lie of Dawns (Jayanta Mahapatra)
The Lie of Dawns (Jayanta Mahapatra)
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Collected Poems, 1954-2004 (Dom Moraes)
Collected Poems, 1954-2004 (Dom Moraes)
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The Middleman and Other Stories
The Middleman and Other Stories
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The Collected Poems of A. K. Ramanujan (A. K. Ramanujan)
The Collected Poems of A. K. Ramanujan (A. K. Ramanujan)
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An Atlas of Impossible Longing (Anuradha Roy)
An Atlas of Impossible Longing (Anuradha Roy)
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The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
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Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
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The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
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Haroun and the Sea of Stories
Haroun and the Sea of Stories
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Luka and the Fire of Life (Salman Rushdie)
Luka and the Fire of Life (Salman Rushdie)
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The Golden Gate (Vikram Seth)
The Golden Gate (Vikram Seth)
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A Suitable Boy
A Suitable Boy
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Postmarked India: New and Selected Poems (Sudeep Sen)
Postmarked India: New and Selected Poems (Sudeep Sen)
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Train to Pakistan
Train to Pakistan
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The Alchemy of Desire (Tarun J. Tejpal)
The Alchemy of Desire (Tarun J. Tejpal)
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The Great Indian Novel
The Great Indian Novel
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The White Tiger
The White Tiger
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