Indian Literature and Authors

"Sarfaroshi ki Tamanna" is a revolutionary Urdu poem written by Bismil Azimabadi (Ram Prasad Bismil) in 1921. It became an anthem for freedom fighters and was famously sung by revolutionaries like Bhagat Singh. Iqbal (Muhammad Iqbal) wrote different patriotic poems like "Sare Jahan Se Achha." The poem expresses the desire for martyrdom in the freedom struggle.

Rafiq Zakaria authored this historical analysis examining the role of leadership in India's partition. Arun Shourie has written on different historical topics, while Lapierre and co-author wrote "Freedom at Midnight" about independence.

Khushwant Singh authored 'Sahibs Who Loved India', a collection of stories about Britishers who truly loved India. The book features narratives about figures like Sir William Jones, Allan Octavian Hume, and others who contributed positively to India. Jagdish, Chetan Bhagat, and Nadeem Aslam are authors but not associated with this specific work.

The film 'Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam' (1962) was based on Bimal Mitra's Bengali novel 'Saheb Bibi Golam' (1953). The novel depicts the decline of feudal Bengal zamindari, which the film adapted. It was NOT based on Premchand, Sharat Chandra, or Rabindranath Tagore's works.

Baksho Rahasya (The Mystery of the Box) contains the address 'The Nook, Wild Flower Hall, Shimla' for Mr G C Dhameeja. This is a key address in that story. Gorosthan-e Sabdhan involves a different setting in Kolkata, and the other stories have different locations.

Lala Lajpat Rai was both a prominent Indian author and politician in the independence movement. He was part of the Lal-Bal-Pal triumvirate and wrote extensively on political and social issues. Tilak, Malviya, and Bismil were also freedom fighters but the question asks specifically to identify the author-politician combination.

The address 'The Nook, Wild Flower Hall, Shimla' belonging to Mr G C Dhameeja appears in the Feluda story 'Baksho Rohosso'. This story involves a mysterious box and characters connected to Shimla.

Salman Rushdie was born in Mumbai (then Bombay) in 1947. Arundhati Roy was born in Shillong (Meghalaya), Kiran Desai was born in New Delhi, and V.S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad and Tobago. The claimed answer B (Rushdie) is correct.

The Guide by R.K. Narayan features Raju starting from prison, going to an abandoned temple (becoming a holy man), and includes Rosie, the neglected wife of archaeologist Marco. It won National Awards and became a hit film. The Namesake is about Indian-American identity, Sahib Biwi Ghulam is about feudal decline, and Omkara is an Othello adaptation.

Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie begins with India's independence (15 August 1947), features the Sinai family, includes the quote about legends becoming reality, won the Booker Prize, and was adapted by director Mira Nair. The God of Small Things is by Arundhati Roy, Train To Pakistan by Khushwant Singh, and A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth.

Pinjar (The Skeleton) is a Punjabi novel by Amrita Pritam about a girl named Puro, adapted into a film by Dr. Chandraprakash Dwivedi dealing with Partition trauma. Train To Pakistan is also about Partition but by Khushwant Singh, Gadar is about Partition romance, and Mother India is about rural struggle.

Rudyard Kipling (spelled 'Ruyard' in the question, which appears to be a typo) was born in Mumbai in 1865. The author of 'The Jungle Book' and 'Kim' spent his early childhood in Bombay before being sent to England for education.

Suketu Mehta is the author of 'Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found', a Pulitzer Prize finalist. Chetan Bhagat and others are Indian authors but did not write this specific narrative non-fiction about Mumbai.

'The Three Mistakes of My Life' is a novel by Chetan Bhagat, published in 2008. It is one of his popular works dealing with themes of friendship, cricket, and business.

'Chowrungee' (also spelled 'Chouranghee' or 'Chowringhee') is a novel by Shankar (Sankar), a Bengali author. The novel is set in Kolkata and explores the lives of people around the Chowringhee area.