Famous Indian Authors...

[mogadishu]

I'm writing an essay countering Thomas Macaulay's ideas about how India should be developed, and I need some indian intellectuals to use as examples. If anyone could point me in the right direction, for as the ignorant american i am, i really havn't a clue about who to look for. Thanks.

[UKMan]

The term "intellectuals" confuses me, why post here then? :blink:

Good luck anyway ;)

[J'Pol]

I feel your sig may reduce your potential sources of information.

However that is really a matter for you.

Good luck with the essay btw.

[chalice]

Salman Rushdie springs immediately to mind. I do rate him as a great Indian author. Though, some would argue this, I specify his prose and not his politics.

[UKMan]

Originally posted by chalice@30 November 2003 - 02:02
Salman Rushdie springs immediately to mind. I do rate him as a great Indian author. Though, some would argue this, I specify his prose and not his politics.
Quite a few million would argue i guess

[mogadishu]

Originally posted by chalice@29 November 2003 - 20:02
Salman Rushdie springs immediately to mind. I do rate him as a great Indian author. Though, some would argue this, I specify his prose and not his politics.
thanks, i just need some examples. As for why I am posting it, I knew i would get a bunch of replies quickly, as I see now. I realize my sig is probably a turn off for many, but atleast I hope there are some that can ignore it.. im not talking about ukman and jpaul.. just wanted some info.

[mogadishu]

i hate to be picky.. but he was born at the end of british rule.. i was looking more for someone who lived in the 19th or early 20th century, or earlier, perhaps even thousands of years ago.

[chalice]

Originally posted by UKMan+30 November 2003 - 01:05--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (UKMan &#064; 30 November 2003 - 01:05)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-chalice@30 November 2003 - 02:02
Salman Rushdie springs immediately to mind. I do rate him as a great Indian author. Though, some would argue this, I specify his prose and not his politics.
Quite a few million would argue i guess [/b][/quote]
Perhaps, UKman, but I refer really to Midnight&#39;s Children which is a work worthy of any 20th century novelist and quite on topic. It deals with, as I&#39;m sure you&#39;re aware, Indian independence and heritage and worth reading for the pure richness of culture spawned during and after the Raj.

[bigboab]

Except maybe for Clocker and JP, I am nearest your age requirements but I have never authorised anything of note. Sorry. :(

I did work once for an engineering firm. Though I did not understand why jewellry was not the end product. :huh:

[UKMan]

Originally posted by chalice+30 November 2003 - 02:10--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (chalice @ 30 November 2003 - 02:10)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by UKMan@30 November 2003 - 01:05
<!--QuoteBegin-chalice@30 November 2003 - 02:02
Salman Rushdie springs immediately to mind. I do rate him as a great Indian author. Though, some would argue this, I specify his prose and not his politics.
Quite a few million would argue i guess
Perhaps, UKman, but I refer really to Midnight&#39;s Children which is a work worthy of any 20th century novelist and quite on topic. It deals with, as I&#39;m sure you&#39;re aware, Indian independence and heritage and worth reading for the pure richness of culture spawned during and after and Raj. [/b][/quote]
I have that book

[chalice]

Originally posted by UKMan+30 November 2003 - 01:22--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (UKMan @ 30 November 2003 - 01:22)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by chalice@30 November 2003 - 02:10

Originally posted by UKMan@30 November 2003 - 01:05
<!--QuoteBegin-chalice@30 November 2003 - 02:02
Salman Rushdie springs immediately to mind. I do rate him as a great Indian author. Though, some would argue this, I specify his prose and not his politics.
Quite a few million would argue i guess
Perhaps, UKman, but I refer really to Midnight&#39;s Children which is a work worthy of any 20th century novelist and quite on topic. It deals with, as I&#39;m sure you&#39;re aware, Indian independence and heritage and worth reading for the pure richness of culture spawned during and after and Raj.
I have that book [/b][/quote]
Well, go and read it, ya bum&#33;&#33; :lol:

[UKMan]

You made me search for it amongst my dusty shelves :lol:

[j2k4]

Check anything by Dinesh D&#39;Souza.

I don&#39;t know that he&#39;s written about India, though-definitely worth a look to see if he has. ;)

[Billy_Dean]

Originally posted by chalice@30 November 2003 - 10:28
Perhaps, UKman, but I refer really to Midnight&#39;s Children which is a work worthy of any 20th century novelist and quite on topic.




I read it in India, which made it very real, a great book. At the same time I read "Freedom at Midnight" and "The Raj Quartet" can&#39;t recall who by tho.

As for the topic; a good place to start would be with Jawaharlal Nehru, India&#39;s first prime minister, and the father of Indira Ghandi, another good source of information.

Nehru (http://www.itihaas.com/modern/nehru-writing.html)


:)


PS: I like your sig, don&#39;t ever change it.