Contemporary Indian writing in English is such a vast and variegated sphere today that no single anthology could claim to be representative of, or doing justice to the subject. Still, it is a modest attempt to evaluate the contemporary Indian writing in English.

The present anthology tries to give a quick glimpse of the views and ideas of Vikram Seth, Anuradha Marwah, Arun Joshi, Aravind Adiga, Chetan Bhagat, Kiran Desai, A.K. Ramanujan, Kamala Das, Mahesh Dattani, Jhumpa Lahiri, Arundhati Roy, V.S. Naipaul, Sharan Kumar,and Shobha De.

With the critical insights and information provided by the various authors in this rich collection of articles, the volume will be useful for students and scholars.

Dr Charu Mehrotra, Associate Professor, Dept of English, Bareilly College, Bareilly (UP). She has been awarded SHIKSHAK SHREE in the field of higher education by U.P. Govt. Besides many articles in different newspapers and journals-national and international, more than 20 books for PG and UG students are also to her credit. She has been resource person, subject expert and examiner in different universities and public service commissions of different states.

Indian writing in English, which has unbounded appraisal both in India and abroad, is now in its full swing. It has paved a new path, a new vision that is full of an unswerving faith and hope, myths and traditions, customs and rites that our glorious country has enveloped in its bosom since time immemorial. A deep study of the works of great masters reveals that their works are not mere imitations but highly original and Indian in both theme and spirit. They have given a new dimension to English Literature in the same manner as the Australians, Canadians and Americans have evolved their own literature. Today, English is a heritage not only of England but is also gaining ground all over the world. Perhaps that is the reason it has assimilated a number of Indian words in the latest English dictionaries. Since Independence, several Indian writers have been published and won praise abroad. They have won awards in equal competition with writers whose mother tongue is English. The journey of Indian literature in English narrates India's long struggle from tradition to modernity. It is perhaps easier to detect the new changes in English than other literatures in India, because English is a global language. Our writers feel as comfortable in writing in English as in their mother tongue. They have been quite familiar with the important modern Western literary movements like post-modernism, post-colonialism, feminism, structuralism, etc.