America Quote by Karan Mahajan

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

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

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

It has always been very difficult for writers to survive commercially in India because the market was so small. But that's not true at…

— Aravind Adiga

I think that Indian writing in English is a really peculiar beast. I can't think of any literature - perhaps Russian literature in the…

— Pankaj Mishra

There's an explosion of Indian fiction of all kinds, from military thrillers to chicklit. I think that's exciting.

— Hari Kunzru

I've never yet managed to write a novel which didn't have an Indian central character.

— Salman Rushdie

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

— Ravi Subramanian

If the Indian people want stories written about themselves, how they want them told, they are going to have to make them, they're going…

— Ricky Schroder

The Indian story has never been written. Maybe I am the man to do it.

— Zane Grey

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

I feel as if I can take Indian stories, make them mine and take them to the world.

— Ariel Dorfman