The Great Indian Novel

The Great Indian Novel - Books to Come and Books Discussed

Contact: Jyotsna Raj

rajj@colorado.edu

303-447-8831

When: 4:30PM on the second Thursday of the month during the academic year.

Where: Boulder Public Library - Main Branch in the Arapahoe Conference Room.

Read and discuss the work of contemporary Indian authors who write in English.

These authors use English as their own language in creative ways, which distinguishes

them from other South Asian authors, who are typically read in translation.

Thursday, May 10, 2012: Butter Chicken in Ludhiana: Travels in Small Town India, by Pankaj Mishra

Thursday, April 12, 2012: City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi, by William Dalrymple

Thursday, March 8, 2012: An Atlas of Impossible Longing, by Anuradha Roy

Thursday, February 9, 2012: Incantations and Other Stories, by Anjana Appachana

Thursday, January 12, 2012: Interpreter of Maladies, by Jhumpa Lahiri

Thursday, December 8, 2011: The Glass Palace, by Amitav Ghosh

Thursday, November 10, 2011: Amrita: Or to Whom She Will, by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Thursday, October 13, 2011: Train to Pakistan, by Khushwant Singh

Thursday, May 12, 2011: Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India, by William Dalrymple

Thursday, April 14, 2011: The House of Blue Mangoes, by David Davidar

Note: Here are notes, questions, and definitions for some of the Hindi and Tamil words.

Thursday, March 10, 2011: The Tiger Ladies: A Memoir of Kashmir, by Sudha Koul

Thursday, February 10, 2011: Family Matters, by Rohinton Mistry

Thursday, December 9, 2010: The Guide, by R.K. Narayan

Thursday, November 18, 2010: Freedom at Midnight, by Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins

Thursday, October 14, 2010: One Amazing Thing, by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Thursday, September 8, 2010: Sea of Poppies, by Amitav Ghosh

Thursday, May 13, 2010: Fire on the Mountain, by Anita Desai

Thursday, April 15, 2010: The White Tiger, by Arvind Adiga

Thursday, March 18, 2010: In Other Rooms, Other Wonders, by Daniyal Mueenuddin

Thursday, February 18, 2010: Unaccustomed Earth, by Jhumpa Lahiri

Thursday, December 17, 2009: Q & A, by Vikas Swarup

Thursday, November 19, 2009: The Hungry Tide, by Amitav Ghosh

Thursday, October 15, 2009: A Suitable Boy, by Vikram Seth

Thursday, May 7, 2009: Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found, by Suketu Mehta

Thursday, April 9, 2009: The Inheritance of Loss, by Kiran Desai

Thursday, March 12, 2009: The Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri

Thursday, February 12, 2009: The God of Small Things, by Arundhati Roy

Thursday, January 8, 2009: A Fine Balance, by Rohinton Mistry

Thursday, November 13, 2008: The Shadow Lines, by Amitav Ghosh

Thursday, October 9, 2008: Midnight's Children, by Salman Rushdie

[The first novel the group discussed.]

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Last Updated: September 10, 2011.