Beast Quote by Pankaj Mishra

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

Too much of Indian writing in English, it seemed to me, consisted of middle-class people writing about other middle-class people - and a small…

— Aravind Adiga

Indian writers have appropriated English as an Indian language, and that gives a certain freshness to the way we write.

— Vikas Swarup

I think there is a chance that Indian writers in America will start producing very interesting books in the years to come.

— Karan Mahajan

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

— Salman Rushdie

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

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

Hindi writing, as well as Hindi journalism, is a great gift to Indian writing.

— Amitava Kumar

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

I used to object to being called an Indian writer, and would always say I was a writer who happened to be an Indian,…

— James Welch

Indian writers in English are rank individualists. Even among the progressives, there is a strain of anti-leftism, or at least a suspicion of any…

— Amitava Kumar