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Indian Writers in English - A Critical Analysis
Started by Salman , Monday, March 17 2008. Last post Wednesday, May 7 2008.

Hi Ladies n Gentlemen..
I joined this platform a few minutes back..I am sure I am not in the same league as other members..there are very eminent personalities onboard here..I do wish to initiate a discussion with the kind permission of the administrator..my point of discussion is as follows..

Indian who use the English language gets in some extent alienated . This development is superficial and this is why many blame Indian Writers in English as writers who present India in a foreign view-point .There work doesn’t contain a deep analysis of the Indian realities and Indian characters .
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Smita J - Wednesday, March 19 2008
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True enough...most foreign language writers write in their native tongues. And their works that we see are all transaltions...so the idea that it is a translation is always there at the back of our minds and we readily accept the new milieu...Indians writing in English must the only ones writing in a foreign language.
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Salman - Wednesday, March 19 2008
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Thank you Smitha for your kind response. Another point that is to be noted that majority of Indian writers in English are still afflicted by post-colonial and post-Partition syndromes..
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Anuj Sharma - Wednesday, March 26 2008
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I somehow beg to differ from you... I believe there are certain Indian authors who are indeed very good at writing in English and actually bring out the Indian - ness (if I may) in the characters and incidents. Try reading R. K. Narayan and Anurag Mathur if you wanna know what I am talking about... Well just my 2 cents :-)
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Anneli - Wednesday, May 7 2008
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...and yet these are the authors who represent India for the rest of the world. Mostly, i guess?
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