Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard is a novel, published in 1998, by which Indian author, and her novel "The Inheritance of Loss" won the 2006 Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Fiction Award?
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Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard is a novel by Kiran Desai published in 1998. It is her first book and won the top prize for the Betty Trask Awards in 1998. It is set in the Indian village of Shahkot (state of Punjab) and follows the exploits of a young man, Sampath Chawla, trying to avoid the responsibilities of adult life. Fed up with his life in Shahkot, Sampath goes to a guava orchard and settles himself in a guava tree, where he uses the gossip he learned while working at the post office to convince people he is clairvoyant and soon becomes a popular "holy man".
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Kiran Desai Kiran Desai (born 3 September 1971) is an Indian author. Her novel "The Inheritance of Loss" won the 2006 Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Fiction Award.
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Choritrohin Choritrohin is a 1917 novel by Bengali novelist Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay.
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S. K. Ramachandra Rao S K Ramachandra Rao (4 September 1925 – 2 February 2006) was an Indian author, Sanskrit scholar and
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Tuhin Sinha Tuhin A. Sinha is an Indian author. He is known for the novels "The Edge of Power", "The Edge of Desire", "Of Love and Politics", "That Thing Called Love" and "22 Yards".
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Rupi Kaur Rupi Kaur (Punjabi: ਰੂਪੀ ਕੌਰ) (born 5 October 1992) is a Canadian poet, writer, illustrator and performer of Indian descent. She published a book of poetry and prose entitled "milk and honey" in 2014. The book deals with themes of violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity. "milk and honey" has sold over a million copies, reaching #1 and spending over a year on the New York Times bestsellers list.
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Asimat Jar Heral Seema Asimat Jar Heral Seema (; literally: "Who lost Their Limit in Infinity") is an Assamese novel written by Bhubanmohan Baruah under the pen-name of Kanchan Baruah. The first edition of this book was released on 15 July 1945. Kohinoor Theatre, a group of Mobile theatre of Assam staged it in 2008.
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Amsterdam (novel) Amsterdam is a 1998 novel by British writer Ian McEwan, for which he was awarded the 1998 Booker Prize.
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T. K. Rama Rao T K Rama Rao (October 7, 1929 – November 10, 1988) was a novelist of Kannada literature. He became popular in the early 1970s when his book "Bangaaradha Manushya" was made into a hit movie in the Kannada film industry. It inspired many youths to leave the city and return to their villages to look after their ancestral land. He won the "Karnataka Sahitya Academy" award. Many of his works are detective novels, which sold millions of copies.
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M. K. Binodini Devi Maharaj Kumari Binodini Devi (Hindi: महाराज कुमारी बिनोदिनी देवी ; 6 February 1922 – 17 January 2011) was an Indian writer from Manipur, a Southeast Himalayan state in North-east India and a member of the erstwhile royal family of Manipur. She was notable for bridging the two worlds of ancient royalty and modern art. Born as a princess into a palace life which she lovingly recalled in a series of late essays, she made her name in the wider world as a novelist and a writer of short stories, essays, plays and award-winning screenplays, lyrics and ballet scripts. She received the Padma Shri in 1976, one of India's highest civilian awards, followed by Sahitya Akademi Award given by Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of letters) in 1979 for her novel "Boro Saheb Ongbi Sanatombi" (The Princess and the Political Agent) based on the true life story of a Manipuri princess, daughter of Maharaj Surchandra Singh. However, she returned the Padma Shri to protest the alleged rape and killing of Thangjam Manorama by 17 Assam Rifles personnel in 2004.
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Radheshyam Sharma Radheshyam Sharma (Gujarati: રાધેશ્યામ શર્મા) is a Gujarati language poet, novelist, short story writer, critic and compiler from Gujarat, India. He is known in Gujarati literature for his experimental novels "Fero" (1968) and "Swapnatirtha" (1979). His other significant works include "Aansu Ane Chandaranu" (1963) and "Gujarati Navalkatha" (with Raghuvir Chaudhari; 1974), a critical works on Gujarati novels. He received Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak in 2004 and Dhanji Kanji Gandhi Suvarna Chandrak in 1995.
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N. Mohanan N. Mohanan (April 27, 1933 – October 3, 1999) was a Malayalam–language short story writer and novelist from Kerala state, South India. He received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in the year 1998 for the novel "Innalathe Mazha". He has published some ten collections of short stories including "Ninte Katha (Enteyum), Dukhathinte Rathrikal, Poojakkedukkatha Pookkal, N. Mohanante Kathakal, Sheshapathram, Nunayude Kshanikathakal Thedi, Snehathinte Vyakaranam, Nishedha Rajyathile Rajavu" and "Orikkal". He is the son of noted Malayalam writer Lalithambika Antharjanam.
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Such a Long Journey (novel) Such a Long Journey is a 1991 novel by Rohinton Mistry. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won several other awards. In 2010 the book made headlines when it was withdrawn from the University of Mumbai's English syllabus after complaints from the family of the Hindu nationalist politician Bal Thackeray.
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Daniel Selvaraj D. Selvaraj (Tamil: டி. செல்வராஜ் ; born 14 January 1938) is a Tamil writer from Tamil Nadu, India. He is the author of a number of novels, short stories, and plays in Tamil. He is a lawyer by profession and is involved in various Communist and left leaning writers' organisations like Democratic Writers Association India and the Progressive writers association of Tamil Nadu (TNPWA). He is currently in the executive committee member of the TNPWA. . He received the Tamil Nadu Government's literary award for the best Novel for 2011 for his work on tannery workers of Southern Tamil Nadu titled "Thol". He did the field work for Thol for a decade before writing it. The novel was awarded the Sahitya Akademi award for Tamil in 2012.
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Saumya Balsari Saumya Balsari is a British Indian author. Balsari has been named one of Britain's leading South Asian women by redhotcurry.com. She is currently researching her third novel as Writer-in-Residence at the University of Cambridge, Centre of Latin American Studies. Her second book was "Summer of Blue", a novel for young adults. It was published in 2013 as an ebook (Arcadia Books) and paperback. Her first novel, "The Cambridge Curry Club", is the 2010 winner of the first ever Cambridgeshire Book of the Decade.  The book was selected at Cambridge Wordfest 2012 by Oxygen Books, City Picks, for a public reading of Cambridge's finest writing.Cambridge Wordfest 2012 The title was also chosen for The National Year of Reading and by BBC Radio Cambridgeshire for its 2008 A Book a Day project in May. Balsari's writing has been favourably compared by Alexander McCall Smith to that of Booker Prize Winners Arundhati Roy and Kiran Desai. Other eminent reviewers of her work include the well-known actress and author Meera Syal and television comedy writer Ronald Wolfe (Writing Comedy).
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Dancing in Cambodia and at Large in Burma Dancing in Cambodia and at Large in Burma is a collection of essays by Indian writer Amitav Ghosh. It was published in 1998.
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M.R. Chandrasekharan Malappurath Raman Chandrasekharan (Malayalam: മലപ്പുറത്ത് രാമൻ ചന്ദ്രശേഖരൻ ; born 26 Feb 1929), popularly known as M.R. Chandrasekharan (Malayalam: എം. ആർ. ചന്ദ്രശേഖരൻ ) or simply M. R. C. (Malayalam: എം.ആര്‍.സി. ), is a Malayalam literary critic and author from Kerala, India. Chandrasekharan has published more than 40 books in different literary sections like literary criticism, translations, politics, social etc. He is also noted for his work in the field of journalism and education. He won the 2010 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism.
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Sea of Poppies Sea of Poppies (2008) is a novel by Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2008. It is the first volume of the Ibis trilogy. The second volume is "River of Smoke".
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Nalini Bala Devi Nalini Bala Devi (23 March 1898– 24 December 1977) was a noted Indian writer and poet of Assamese literature, known for nationalistic as well as mystical poetry. She was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1957 for her contribution to literature, and 1968 she won the Sahitya Akademi Award given by Sahitya Akademi (India's National Academy of Letters) for her poetry collection "Alakananda".
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Mahe Jabeen Mahe Jabeen (born 1961) is an Indian poet, lawyer and minority rights activist, and a winner of the Rajiv Gandhi Manav Seva award for her social service.
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Nandini Sahu Nandini Sahu (born 23 July 1973) is an Indian poet. writer and critic. She is also associate professor of English at the Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India. She has written several books including poetry in English. She is an acclaimed poet Her poetry is widely circulated in India, US, UK, Africa and Pakistan. She has won two gold medals in English literature and also the award of "All India Poetry Contest" and "Shiksha Ratna Purashkar". She is also editor inchief of "Interdisciplinary Journal of Literature and Language"
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Lakshmi Krishnamurti Lakshmi Krishnamurti (1 August 1925 – 14 June 2009) was an Indian author and politician. She is the daughter of Indian independence activist S. Satyamurti.