Book Quote by Aravind Adiga

I don't care if my books don't sell abroad; we have a large enough market in our country. I write for Indian readers.

— Ashwin Sanghi

So many Indian novels, quite unfairly, do not get the prominence they should because they have been written in a language other than English.

— Vikram Seth

Writing in India will not dramatically change till we learn to value books.

— Ravi Subramanian

People are rushed and inspired by the success of Indian writers, and are falling over themselves to write novels. Every Indian is writing a…

— Karan Mahajan

When I worked as an editor, I read new novels being published in India every few days. They excited me tremendously for the first…

— Karan Mahajan

I must say that books in India are not only underpriced but are also undervalued.

— Ravi Subramanian

There is a wealth of readership for regional language literature in India that is not given importance. We must give respect to our own…

— Amish Tripathi

There is a lot of anxiety in India about writers selling out to foreign audiences, but I’m neither flattering the Indian audience nor the…

— Pankaj Mishra

Thousands of books are published every year in India, and it's becoming more difficult to stand out and get people to buy the books.…

— Ravi Subramanian

[Mid-list writers are now] less greed on the part of both publishers and chain booksellers. It is easier for them to publish and sell…

— W. P. Kinsella

There is a scarcity of writers in Bollywood.

— Priyadarshan

Well, I am from India and I wanted to make films in English for the international market in India. So that was really the…

— Ismail Merchant