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Mulk Raj Anand, 1905-

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Readings from Untouchable. A novel (1935), The Coolie (1936) and Across the Black Waters (2000).

Upamanyu Chatterjee, 1959-

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Readings from English, August : an Indian story (1988) and
The last burden
(1993).

Keki N. Daruwalla, 1937-

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Readings from Night river : poems (2000), A Summer of tigers : poems (1995), Landscapes (1987), Winter poems (2000), Under orion (2000) and The Minister for permanent unrest & other stories (1996).

Anne Ranasinghe, 1925-

Image of Anne Ranasinghe, 1925-  (photo credit: Milton Seneviratne Bandara)

Readings from Du fragst mich, warum ich Gedichte schreibe = You ask me why I write poems (2000), Against eternity and darkness (2000), Not even shadows (2000), Against eternity and darkness (2000), Mascot and symbol (1997), and Jeremy.

Arundhati Roy, 1959-

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Readings from The god of small things (1997).

Nayantara Sahgal, 1927-

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Readings from Rich like us: a novel (1985) and Mistaken identity (1988).

I. Allan Sealy, 1951-

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Readings from The Trotter-Nama: a chronicle (1999), From Yukon to Yucatan: a western journey (1995) and The Everest Hotel: a calendar (1998).

Khushwant Singh, 1915-

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Readings from A history of the Sikhs (1999), Train to Pakistan (1998) and Delhi (1990).

Punyakante Wijenaike, 1933-

Image of Punyakante Wijenaike, 1933-  (photo credit: Milton Seneviratne Bandara)

Readings from The Third Woman and other stories (1963), The Waiting Earth (1993), Giraya. Padukka (1997), Amulet (1997), An enemy within (1998), and Commonwealth currents (1996).

Manjushree Thapa, 1968-

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Readings from The Tutor of History (2001).

 

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