Tuesday, December 09, 2008

News at Eleven: I have yet to meet an Indian

who cares whether his compatriots--those living in India and abroad--write in English or not, and only the most mean-minded would begrudge the international success that Indian novelists in English have achieved. What infuriates Indians who write mainly in Indian languages is the implication that the writers in English are somehow representative of the whole literary scene--and it is even worse if they display ignorance of that scene.

from The Guardian: Fresh air and Chanel No 5

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