Indian Authors To Check Out Other Than Chetan Bhagat

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Pallavi Narang
May 16, 2019   •  36 views

Chetan Bhagat is known as the face of Indian literature for youths. Though, yes he has written numerous of books based and directed towards the youth but there is a plethora of other Indian authors who are worth checking out:

1. Arundhati Roy

Winner of a Booker Prize, need more be said? Her writing, the way she plays with words is so beautiful that you get sucked into the stories of the characters in no time.

2. Jhumpa Lahiri

Jhumpa Lahiri has a way to express loneliness, longing and subtle communication among the characters in such a way that they feel real, almost tangible. The Pulitzer Prize winner depicts the life of immigrants in her though provoking short stories and novels.

3. Khushwant Singh

Khushwant has written an array of books and short stories that sucks you right in into the lives of characters going through the India-Pakistan Partition to the historical setting of Delhi.

4. Amish Tripathi

One of the new age authors but with stories which twist the history in a compelling way which makes you relate to the ancient characters.

5. Kiran Desai

The daughter of a novelist herself, Kiran Desai has woven worlds simple enough and characters so multi dimensional that it takes no time for the reader to immerse themselves onto the fictional world of Desai. A Man Booker Prize winner, Desai will make you see the world with new eyes through her words.

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