Granta 57: India! The Golden Jubilee

by Ian Jack (Editor)

Other authors: James Buchan (Contributor), Urvashi Butalia (Contributor), Amit Chaudhuri (Contributor), Nirad Chaudhuri (Contributor), William Dalrymple (Contributor) — 16 more, Anita Desai (Contributor), Trevor Fishlock (Contributor), Edward Hoagland (Contributor), Phillip Knightley (Contributor), Suketu Mehta (Contributor), Ved Mehta (Contributor), Jan Morris (Contributor), V. S Naipaul (Contributor), R.K Narayan (Contributor), Michael Ondaatje (Contributor), Arundhati Roy (Contributor), Sebastião Salgado (Photographer), Vikram Seth (Contributor), Dayanita Singh (Photographer), Mark Tully (Contributor), Viramma (Contributor)

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Over the past two decades India has produced a dazzling variety of new writing in English. 'India Calling' showcases some of this talent, Amit Chaudhuri and Arundhati Roy, alongside contributions from long celebrated writers such as R.K. Narayan, V.S. Naipaul, Nirad Chaudhuri and Ved Mehta.

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Jack, Ian	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Buchan, James	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Butalia, Urvashi	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Chaudhuri, Amit	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Chaudhuri, Nirad	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Dalrymple, William	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Desai, Anita	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Fishlock, Trevor	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hoagland, Edward	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Knightley, Phillip	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Mehta, Suketu	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Mehta, Ved	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Morris, Jan	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Naipaul, V. S	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Narayan, R.K	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Ondaatje, Michael	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Roy, Arundhati	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Salgado, Sebastião	Photographer	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Seth, Vikram	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Singh, Dayanita	Photographer	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Tully, Mark	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Viramma	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Saith, Sanjeev	Photographer	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Over the past two decades India has produced a dazzling variety of new writing in English. 'India Calling' showcases some of this talent, Amit Chaudhuri and Arundhati Roy, alongside contributions from long celebrated writers such as R.K. Narayan, V.S. Naipaul, Nirad Chaudhuri and Ved Mehta.

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Contains: Introduction / Ian Jack --
Blood / Urvashi Butalia --
Freedom / Sanjeev Saith --
Wild things / Edward Hoagland --
Kashmir / James Buchan --
Five hours to Simla / Anita Desai --
Mumbai / Suketu Mehta and Sebastião Salgado --
Kabir Street / R.K. Narayan --
My father's raj / Mark Tully --
Coming down / Ved Mehta --
After Gandhi / Trevor Fishlock --
Caste wars / William Dalrymple --
Pariah / Viramma --
Notebooks / V.S. Naipaul --
My hundredth year / Nirad Chaudhuri --
An accidental spy / Phillip Knightley --
Mother India / Dayanita Singh --
Waking / Amit Chaudhuri --
Sampati / Vikram Seth --
What we lost / Michael Ondaatje --
Clive's castle / Jan Morris --
Things can change in a day / Arundhati Roy.

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