Indian Writers Quotes

As a human being living one's life, one is more open to relief when there is rain or the expectation of rain. That readiness for hope gets manifested in my stories and that of many other Indian writers.

There are plenty of good Indian writers in English, and none of us feel we are carrying the burden of being a poster boy.

Faiz Ahmed Faiz was like a leading star of the progressive writers who emerged in undivided India.

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

In India, too many people do not write memoirs, but Natwar Singh and P. C. Alexander did.

People are rushed and inspired by the success of Indian writers, and are falling over themselves to write novels. Every Indian is writing a novel right now. No one wants to revise.

Certainly, historically, there has been more attention given in the international media to Indian English-language writers than to Pakistani English-language writers. But that, in my opinion, was justified by the sheer number of excellent writers coming from India and the Indian diaspora.

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 organized politics.