The article, which is divided into five sections, the Indian-born author of German language attemptsto illustrate/illuminate the particular hurdles to determining this subject as a genre. The works discussedby male and female authors vary tremndously one from another both in theme and in style.Among them are novels and stories in traditional narrative style by Naipaul, Ghosh, Lahiri… primarilygrouped by major themes of immigration. At the same time that authors such as Rushdie,Roy, Tharoor... have been endeavoring to expand the vocabulary and conventions of the Englishlanguage and to further modern narrative technique.Not only is the complex Indian subcontinent and its positive and negative realities portrayed andredefined, but as a parallel occurrence, rave stories and pop novels are being written by Rushdieand Kureishi.One must note here that English is not the mother tongue of any of these writers. The English languageis used as an instrument of literary and artistic expression.This essay also expounds on examples of how “Indian Writing in English” differentiates itselfclearly from “The Indian Romanticism” of European literature. The postcolonial writers point anadmonishing finger to the wounds of India and they ruthlessly mock the inhumane regimes of Mrs.Thatcher and of Mr. Bush.One segment is devoted to the bizarre portrayal of love, gender and sex relations that makes the reading of the books in question vexing.
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