Literary Treasures: Unearthing Translated Indian Literature

Arundhati Roy's novel The God of Small Things was awarded the Booker Prize in 1997, making her the first Indian woman to receive this honor.

Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children is a historical novel that explores the impact of the Partition of India on the lives of its characters.

Aravind Adiga's novel The White Tiger was adapted into a film of the same name in 2021, receiving critical acclaim and nominations for various awards.

Jhumpa Lahiri's The Namesake follows the story of two generations of a Bengali family living in New York City.

Kiran Desai's The Inheritance of Loss is set in India and explores the lives of a family living in the foothills of the Himalayas.

Shashi Tharoor's The Great Indian Novel is a satirical retelling of the Indian epic poem The Mahabharata.

Amitav Ghosh's The Hungry Tide is set in the Sundarbans region of West Bengal, India.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's The Palace of Illusions is a retelling of the Indian epic The Mahabharata from the perspective of Draupadi.

Jhumpa Lahiri's The Lowland is set in West Bengal, India, and follows the lives of two brothers growing up in the 1960s and 1970s.

Amitav Ghosh's The Glass Palace is set against the backdrop of the Partition of India and follows the lives of two families, one Hindu and one Muslim.

Jhumpa Lahiri's The Interpreter of Maladies won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2000.

Amitav Ghosh's The Hungry Tide is set in the Sundarbans region of West Bengal, India.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's The Palace of Illusions is a retelling of the Indian epic The Mahabharata from the perspective of Draupadi.

Jhumpa Lahiri's The Lowland is set in West Bengal, India, and follows the lives of two brothers growing up in the 1960s and 1970s.

Amitav Ghosh's The Glass Palace is set against the backdrop of the Partition of India and follows the lives of two families, one Hindu and one Muslim.