tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12398229.post473792926084587351..comments2024-03-03T16:02:49.653+05:30Comments on runawaysun: The contemporary Indian novel – IIBiswajithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04137874016611139677noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12398229.post-77918749541582680522007-05-21T12:21:00.000+05:302007-05-21T12:21:00.000+05:30This is certainly true today. Thanks to the econom...This is certainly true today. Thanks to the economic boom India is experiencing and, in part, to Indian writing in English, reader expectations have changed.<BR/><BR/>My reference was to an India 30 or more years ago. India was different then. How India was perceived by the West was different then.<BR/><BR/>This was probably the time when many Indians migrated to foreign lands... a few of them, later, to become Indian authors writing in English.Biswajithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04137874016611139677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12398229.post-51730573254118756742007-05-20T10:27:00.000+05:302007-05-20T10:27:00.000+05:30I think "rural India" and "Indian purity" are over...I think "rural India" and "Indian purity" are overconsumed topics in India - not just for westerners, but Indian readers as well. Writers/playwrights/actors should move away from it now and explore more current themes.Madhurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01323335479301675432noreply@blogger.com