The Vintage Book of Indian Writing 1947-1997

The outer archives are busy

by Salman Rushdie, Elizabeth West, Jawaharlal Nehru

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Stories and excerpts of novels from India since the country attained its independence in 1947. The subjects range from religious strife, to the assault on the senses of the many people one is surrounded by.

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