Indian Literature and Authors

Arundhati Roy's novel "The God of Small Things" won the Booker Prize in 1997, making her the first Indian woman to receive the award.

Mulk Raj Anand is widely regarded as the father of modern Indian literature in English. His novel "Untouchable" (1935) is considered a landmark work in Indian literature.

Salman Rushdie's novel "Midnight's Children" won the Booker Prize in 1981, establishing him as a major literary figure.

Kiran Desai's novel "The Inheritance of Loss" won the Booker Prize in 2006, making her the second Indian woman to receive the award.

Vikram Seth's novel "A Suitable Boy" was published in 1993 and holds the record for being the longest novel ever published in a single volume in English.

Shashi Tharoor's novel "The Great Indian Novel" is a satirical take on Indian history and politics, spanning from the Mahabharata to modern times.

Aravind Adiga's novel "The White Tiger" won the Man Booker Prize in 2008, becoming the fourth Indian author to receive the award.

Amitav Ghosh's novel "The Hungry Tide" was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2004 and won the Vodafone Crossword Book Award in 2005.

Amitav Ghosh's novel "The Shadow Lines" won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1989 and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1988.

Amitav Ghosh's novel "The Glass Palace" was a bestseller in India and abroad, and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2000.

Pankaj Mishra's novel "The Illicit Happiness of Other People" was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2013 and won the Hindu Literary Prize in 2014.

Jhumpa Lahiri's novel "The Lowland" was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2013 and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2014.

Jhumpa Lahiri's novel "The Namesake" was adapted into a major motion picture in 2006, directed by Mira Nair.

Jhumpa Lahiri's novel "Interpreter of Maladies" won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2000 and the PEN/Hemingway Award in 1999.

Salman Rushdie's novel "The Moor's Last Sigh" was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 1995 and won the Aristeion Prize in 1996.