South Asian Literature

1. Dr.A.Ramasubbiah
Assistant Professor of English
Mannar Thirumalai Naicker college
Madurai
SouthAsianLiterature

2. Indian Writers
1. R.K. NARAYAN
2. MULK RAJ ANAND
3. RAJA RAO
4. RABINDRANATH TAGORE
5. KHUSHWANT SINGH
6. RUSKIN BOND
7. MANOHAR MALGONKAR
8. NIRAD C. CHAUDHURI
9. SALMAN RUSHDIE
10. VIKRAM SETH
11. AMITAV GHOSH
12. ROHINTON MISTRY
13. JHUMPA LAHIRI
14. VIKRAM CHANDRA
15. NAYANTARA SEHGAL
16. ANITA DESAI
17. ANITA NAIR
18. ARUNDHATI ROY
19. ARAVIND ADIGA
20. KIRAN DESAI
21. JEET THAYIL
22. SHASHI THAROOR
23. CHITRA BANERJEE DIVAKARUNI
24. PREETI SHENOY
25. DURJOY DUTTA
26. CHETAN BHAGAT

3. Pakistani Writers
Muhammad Iqbal
Hanif Kureishi
Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Bapsi Sidhwa
Abdul Hameed
Altaf Fatima
Anwar Zahidi
Bano Qudsia
Daniyal Mueenuddin
Fatima Surayya Bajia
Hajra Masroor
Imdad Hussaini
Khadija Mastoor
Mohsin Hamid
Nasir Kazmi
Zulfikar Ghose

4. Bangladeshi Writers
• Niaz zaman
• Razia khan amin
• Adib khan
• Monica Ali
• Taslima Nasrin

5. Srilankan Writers
• Shyam Selvadurai
• Lucian de silva
• SJK crowther
• Rienzi Crusz
• Michael ondaatje
• Romesh Guneseekara
• Jean Aranganayagam

6. Themes
 Nationalism
 Struggle for Independence
 Social Evils
 Social Reforms
 Gandhian Philosophy
 Caste System
 Dislocation
 Nostalgia
 Discrimination
 Survival
 Cultural change
 Gender equality
 Alienation
 Immigration
 Displacement
 Rootlessness
 Identity crisis
 Multiculturalism
 Magic realism
 Indentured labors
 Predicament of minorities
 Sexuality and gender
 Hybridity
 Language
 Double consciousness
 Assimilation

7. Thank You