Let me start by saying that I like Chetan’s writing. There are some in the writing fraternity who do not appreciate his style but the fact remains that he is one of the most successful authors that India has ever seen. All his books have been best sellers. Recently, I read his 2016 novel, ” One Indian Girl” published by Rupa and enjoyed it. I have a partiality for books written in the first person, (I can’t say why) and this one was one such. It is the story of Radhika Mehta, the younger daughter in a typical Punjabi family from Delhi. Her mother’s biggest desire in life is to see her married off. Her father is dreamy and too mild to protest against anything his vociferous wife says. Her elder sister is happily married and represents for her parents what every Indian middle class girl should do! Continue reading ““One Indian Girl ” by Chetan Bhagat”
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Today is the death anniversary of Manohar Malgonkar, whom I consider to be one of India’s finest writers in English. Here’s my small tribute to him in my writing blog, ” Writing To Be Read.”
The very popular portal, Good Reads has a section on Popular Indian Authors Books. ICBY lists in the 151-200 out of the 346 books listed. In another list titled , Popular Contemporary Indian Authors,, ICBY’s author, your truly, lists in the 1-50 out of 133 authors listed.
Prem Rao : Stories from a Story Teller 