Indian Literature and Authors

Kalidas wrote Abhijnanasakuntalam (his most famous play) and Malavikagnimitram (his first play). Madhushalayam and Vikram Charitram are not his works - his other major works include Meghaduta, Kumarasambhava, Raghuvamsha, and Vikramorvasiyam.

India Wins Freedom is the autobiography of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, a key figure in India's independence movement. Published posthumously in 1959, it provides his first-hand account of the freedom struggle. H.G. Wells wrote science fiction, Jonathan Swift wrote Gulliver's Travels, and Bana Bhatt was a Sanskrit court poet.

Post Office (Dak Ghar) is a play by Rabindra Nath Tagore, written in 1912. It tells the story of a young boy Amal who is confined to his uncle's home and his longing for freedom and connection with the outside world. KPS Menon was a diplomat, Salman Rushdie wrote Midnight's Children, and Anita Desai wrote Clear Light of Day.

Anandamath (1882) is the novel by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee that contains 'Vande Mataram,' which later became India's national song. The novel is set against the backdrop of the Sannyasi Rebellion in Bengal.

'Tiger of the Snows' is the autobiography of Tenzing Norgay, co-authored with James Ramsay Ullman. It chronicles his life and his historic ascent of Mount Everest with Sir Edmund Hillary on May 29, 1953. Tenzing was a Nepalese-Indian Sherpa mountaineer.

The book 'After Taste' is written by Nandita Devidayal, who is an Indian author. The other options are incorrect: Amitav Ghosh is a different prominent Indian author, Keith Nockwell appears to be a misspelling, and William Shakespeare died centuries before this book was published.

Nirad C. Chaudhuri wrote 'A Passage to England' (1959), a travelogue about his impressions of England. Note the author's name has a typo in the option - should be 'Chaudhuri' not 'Choudari'. Mahatma Gandhi wrote extensively but not this specific book; the other options are not associated with this work.

'The Child' is the Tagore poem that was translated from English to Bengali, an unusual case since most translations went from Bengali to English. 'The Question' and 'Africa' are other Tagore poems, but 'The Child' uniquely had this reverse translation path.

"Alaler Gharer Dulal" (1858) by Tekchand Thakur is widely regarded as the first Bengali novel, preceding Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's works. This novel satirized Bengali middle-class society and marked the transition from traditional prose to modern novel form. "Nil Darpan" (1860) was a play, while "Ananda Math" (1882) came much later and is Bankim Chandra's famous novel, not the first.

Rabindranath Tagore presided over the inaugural session of the Bangiya Sahitya Sammelan (Bengal Literary Conference) held at Kashimbazar in 1912. This conference was a significant cultural gathering celebrating Bengali literature. Tagore's presidency was fitting given his stature as the leading literary figure of Bengal after his Nobel Prize win. Vidyasagar had passed away by 1891, and Sarat Chandra was a novelist, not associated with presiding over this specific conference.

"Pratapaditya Charit" by Ramanath Basu is considered the first original prose work in Bengali, published in 1875. This biographical work on the medieval ruler Pratapaditya marked Bengali prose's transition from translation-based composition to original creative writing. Vidyasagar's "Bodhadaya" was primarily a polemical work on social reform, while Bankim Chandra's prose works came later. Ramanath Basu thus pioneered modern Bengali prose.

The Sorbonne is the most famous and historically significant university in Paris, France. It would be the logical choice for a character studying Bengali in France. Amiens and Limoges are smaller French universities, making Sorbonne the most plausible answer for a famous fictional character.

Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote the novel 'Devdas' in 1917. It's one of the most famous Bengali novels, adapted into multiple films. Bankim Chandra wrote 'Anandamath', Rabindranath Tagore wrote 'Gitanjali' and other works, and Tarasankar was a different Bengali author known for 'Jai Banshli' among others.

The Golden Gate is a novel in verse by Vikram Seth, written entirely in Onegin stanzas about life in Silicon Valley. William Thackeray wrote Vanity Fair, Anita Desai wrote Clear Light of Day, and Salman Rushdie wrote Midnight's Children.

The God of Small Things is Arundhati Roy's debut novel that won the Booker Prize in 1997, set in Kerala and exploring family dynamics and social issues. Alexander Dumas wrote The Three Musketeers, Khushwant Singh was a journalist and author, and N.P. Muhammad is a Malayalam writer.