15/08/2022
THE GUIDE 1958
The story revolves around Raju, a corrupt tour guide who falls in love with a married dancer, Rosie. Set amidst the imaginary village of Malguri, covers Raju's journey to becoming a spiritual guide.
THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS
Arundhati Roy's anti-communist, Man Booker prize-winning, debut novel portrays the severity of the inter-caste and differences embedded in the society.
ALL ROADS LEAD TO GANGA
This travel story, along the Ganga river from Dehra, delicately describes the serene allures of nature, enchanting the reader into the simple yet wonderous world of mountains, birds, crops, and other landscapes beauties.
THE WHITE TIGER
This book gives us a glimpse into the lives of the working-class people through the story of Balram, who defeats darkness and welcomes the path of light. The title signifies freedom and individuality.
INDIA: A MILLION MUTINIES NOW
A non-fictional, travelogue primarily focuses on India's development since independence, through a journey around Indian cities - Bombay, Madras, Calcutta, and Delhi.
MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN
Salman Rushdie's Man Booker prize-winning historical fiction, centring the lives of two children, born in the first hour of Independent India, whose fates are inseparable.
INTERPRETER OF MALADIES
This 1999 debut collection of nine short stories revolves around immigrant experiences in America and contemporary India, upholding a high cultural pluralism with an aspect of literary realism, focussing on individuality, nationality, race, and culture.
A SUITABLE BOY
Vikram Seth successfully apprehends the political-personal prejudices of the typical Indian traditional social groups. He takes the reader to the world of four families in the newly-post independent India, centering around social norms of arranged marriages, unexpected violence, and inter-generational connectedness.
MALGUDI DAYS
Malgudi is an imaginary village in South India that the author R.K Narayan created with a universal perspective. The author effortlessly reaches the reader's heart through his heart-touching characters in the book. One can find themselves living in the depths of Malgudi through the author's gentle- ironic stylized writing.
