Indian Writing in English

Contents

1. Orientation

1. Background to the Rise of Indian English Novels

2. Coolie – by Mulk Raj Anand

I. Introduction

II. Characters in the Novel

II. Summary of the Novel

2. Novels

1. Midnight’s Children

I. About the author

II. About the Novel

III. Characters in the Novel

3. Poetry

1. Henry Louis Vivian Derozio

I. The Harp of India

II. “Freedom to the Slave”

2. Toru Dutt

I. The Young Captive

3. Sri Aurobindo

I. “Krishna”

II. The Divine Worker

4. Rabindranath Tagore

I. Death

II. Chain of Pearls

5. Sarojini Naidu

I. Street Cries

II. The Palanquin Bearers

6. Swami Vivekanand

I. Peace

4. Prose

1. An Autobiography or The Story of My Experience with Truth

I. Introduction

II. Characters

III. Summary of the Autobiography