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A long journey, a sleepless night or a lazy day,
a book can be your companion in every mood.
Cicero said, A room without books is like a body
without a soul. And we couldnt agree more.
There is nothing stronger than the power of
words.
It always takes a lot of time to decide which
book to pick as there are thousands of options
available. So save your time as we present to
you the list of 20 gems of Indian English litera-
ture that you must read-
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my-experiments-truth/p/itmdx9hfjnbz-
zkyn?pid=9788129117304&affid=INDhi-
manew)Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi has al-
ways been a very prominent figure in Indian
history. From his unbeatable spirit to inspiring
courage, from various controversies to his lifeas the father of the nation, Gandhi has always
been an interesting, inspiring and impressive
personality to read about.
If you want to know all about Gandhi and his
journey, you cannot miss out on reading My
Experiments with the Truth, his autobiography
that covers his life from early childhood till
1921. The introduction mentions how Gandhi
resumed writing at the insistence of a fellow
prisoner at Yerwada Central jail. The autobiog-
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raphy was written as weekly journals and then
compiled and published as a book. From his
childhood memories, his experiments with eat-
ing meat, smoking, drinking and stealing to the
demise of his father, the book captures many
unknown instances of Gandhis life.
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d=INDhimanew)R.K Narayan is best knownfor stories based in and around the fictional vil-
lage of Malgudi. The Guide is yet another story
set up in Malgudi. R.K. Narayan won the
Sahitya Akademi Award for the book in 1960.
The Guide is the story of a tour guide who
transforms himself into a spiritual Guru and
then the greatest holy man of India. The book
was also adapted as a film which starred the
legendary actor Dev Anand.
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Dhimanew)This is the second novel by Mistry
published in 1995 and, like his first novel, SuchA Long Journey, this novel too received wide
acclaim across the globe. A fine balance re-
volves around various characters in Mumbai
(then Bombay) during the time of turmoil and
government emergencies. The story of friend-
ship and love that progresses among the char-
acters of the book will keep you hooked till the
end.
4. C
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manew)Midnights Children portrays the jour-
ney of India from British rule to independence
and then partition. The book received a great
response, winning the Booker Prize in 1981
and the Booker of Bookers Prize (commemo-
rating the best among all the Booker winners)
twice in 1993 and 2008! The book travels to
various parts of the country including Kashmir,
Agra and Mumbai and incorporates many ac-
tual historic events. The book was also in-cluded in the List of 100 Best Novels of all time.
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5. J I
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stories-bengal-boston-beyond/p/itm-
duz6hfhadv6ff?pid=9788172235024&affid=IND-
himanew)This is a collection of nine stories byLahiri. The stories are based on lives of Indians
and Indian Americans who are lost between
the two cultures. The book was published in
1999 and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and
the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award in the
year 2000 and has sold over 15 million copies
worldwide.
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=ID)
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Published in 1993, this 1349-pages-long-book is
one of the longest novels ever published in a
single volume in the English Language. The
story focuses on India post-partition as a fam-
ily looks for a suitable boy to marry their
daughter. Seths follow up book A Suitable Girl
is expected to be released in 2016.
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himanew)
The debut novel by Roy, which took almost
four years to finish is a story of fraternal twins
and how small things make a large difference
in peoples lives and behavior. The book was
awarded the Booker Prize in 1997 and is Roys
only published novel so far. The story narrated
in third person is set in Kerala, and takes place
in 1969.
8. A G G
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kart.com/the-glass-palace/p/itmczy-
htc82nhgvc?pid=9780007427468&affid=INDhi-
manew)This book won Grand Prize for Fiction at the
Frankfurt International e-Book Awards in 2001.
The story is set in Burma and focuses on vari-
ous issues during the British invasion in 1885.
The novel beautifully portrays the circum-
stances and incidents that made Burma, India
and Malaya what they are today. This story of
the empire, love and the changing society is
definitely worth reading.
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(http://www.flipkart.com/the-inheritance-
of-loss/p/itmdv2aa4zy-
chcrc?pid=9780143102786&affid=INDhi-
manew)The book, written over a period of seven years
after her first book, portrays different conflicts
between various Indian groups, in the past and
at present. It shows how people find the Eng-
lish lifestyle fascinating and also captures the
perception of various opportunities in the US.
The book won Desai various awards including
the Man Booker Prize in 2006 and the National
Book Critics Circle Fiction Award.
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This book was published in 1953 and is consid-
ered as one of the Anands finest works. The
story revolves around abolition of princely
states in India, focusing on the life of a King
and his fascination towards one of his mis-
tresses. The story has some real life incidents
which are beautifully converted into fiction.
11. C E
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Red Earth and Pouring Rain won the 1996 Com-
monwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book.
The novel is inspired by the biography of James
Skinner, a legendary nineteenth-century Anglo-Indian soldier. It also combines Indian myths
and history into a story of three college kids.
Written in the pattern of a story within a story,
the book relates the tale of two characters and
has a mythological touch with a modern sub-
plot.
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This New York based writer was born in Indiaand was raised in Mumbai in his early years.
He penned down his experiences in Mumbai in
his incredible work Maximum City, published
in 2004, and a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2005. The
book is a mix of travel writing, a journal, a so-
cio-political analysis of people and wonders of
Mumbai. It won the 2005 Vodafone Crossword
Book Award. The Economist named Maximum
City as one of its books of the year for 2004. It
was also shortlisted for the 2005 Samuel John-
son Prize.
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This collection of poems by Tagore was origi-nally published in Bengali in August 1910 and
had 157 poems. The English version has 103
poems. The collection includes Tagores trans-
lation of 53 original Bengali poems and 50
other poems from his drama Achalayatan. The
poems are mostly of a spiritual bent, though
some of the pieces also have a hint of nature.
This collection won the Nobel prize for Tagore
in 1913.
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This book is set up against Assams insurgen-
cies and is the first English novel to be pub-
lished by a writer from North-East India. The
story talks about the changes brought into the
lives of people living in a small town of Assam
by the militants. The plot revolves around the
life of a girl who is married to a district collec-
tor. The natural surroundings and characters
are described very well and give a great insight
into the life of a small town in Assam.
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Train To Pakistan is a compelling portrayal ofthe partition of India. The book touches upon
the human angle and brings out the sense of
reality and horror. The way Singh has de-
scribed a village where a peaceful and loving
community transforms into one driven by ha-
tred and fear is remarkable. The description of
the characters gives a lift to the book and
makes it all the more interesting to read. Pub-
lished in 1956, the book has also been trans-
lated into Tamil and has been adapted into a
film with the same name.
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himanew)
Rich Like Us is a political fiction novel set dur-
ing a time of political and social change be-
tween 1932 and the mid-1970s. Sehgal won the
1986 Sahitya Akademi Award for English for
this book. The plot runs along the parallel
tracks of two very different women and how
the emergency changed their lives. The back-drop is set at the time when Indira Gandhi de-
clared martial law in India.
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The book portrays the life of a Hindi teacher
whose heart lies in Urdu poetry. A heart-touch-
ing and funny story takes a twist when the lead
character, Deven, in an attempt to escape
from his monotonous life, grabs an opportu-nity to interview Indias greatest Urdu poet ,
but it doesnt turn out as expected. The book
was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1984.
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The Glassblowers Breath talks about the jour-
ney of a woman and her emotional, intellectual
and sexual experiences. This story of a single
day mixes fantasies, memories, dreams, ambi-tions, temptations and thoughts of a woman
who marries a rich man, but struggles to con-
form to societys diktats. The book was pub-
lished in 1993, and received great reviews.
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The book is a collection of poems that includes
poems out of the three books he published
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during his lifetime. He was awarded the
Sahitya Akademi Award in 1999 for this compi-
lation. Ramanujans various books of Kannada
poetry have been translated in English. He was
awarded Padma Shri in 1976.
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This book made Chaudhari one of Indias great-est writers. Published in 1951, the book de-
scribes the life of the writer from the time he
was born in 1897 in Bangladesh to his youth in
Calcutta. The book is considered as Nirads
masterpiece, beautifully capturing every
minute detail of his surroundings and of mod-
ern India. It has received global acclaim over a
period of time. Winston Churchill considered it
one of the best books he had ever read. In
1998, it was included as one of the few Indian
contributions in The New Oxford Book of Eng-lish Prose.
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About the Author:Born with a hobby to travel,
talk, express and write, Shreya gets to do all of
that and is even paid for it! Interested in rural
development and social issues, she dreams of
actually bringing a change in society and writing
a book of her own one day. When she is not
preaching others about a better India she is busy
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who were considered as just extra hands to
support the family. But one girl, Gudiya,
fought all odds and became the first one in
her village to pass Secondary School. She did
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they embraced the gift of education too. This
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There has always been a stigma attached to
mental health. About 80 percent of districts
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public service. However, the Public Health
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initial phase, these efforts have shown some
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From being a daily wage earner, to winning a
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Ramkumar Raman, an 18-year-old Indian boy
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