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August 30, 2005
Is Indian Writing Dead? Is Diaspora Writing the Future?
There's been a recent flurry of commentary on Indian and diaspora literature, starting with this William Dalrymple article in The Guardian, and continuing with Pankaj Mishra's letter to the editor and Ruchir Joshi's response in The Telegraph. Whether you agree with them or not, they're interesting to read. The slams in the latter piece against Naipaul and Rushdie seem a bit unnecessary, though:
"The fact is, both Naipaul and Rushdie are pathological egomaniacs, both kala aadmis acting out their little putul naatch for a gora audience; the fact is, the contributions of both to ‘Indian’ and World literature belong well in the past and have very little to do with what is exciting and new in Indian writing today."
Best to read the three in order, I think.
Posted by Mary Anne Mohanraj at August 30, 2005 10:45 AM
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