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Indic Books

Books selected for readers looking for indic books.

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1. The Mahatma Misunderstood
Snehal Shingavi
Fits this list for its focus on indic.
2. Jhumpa Lahiri's Works in Transition
Auritra Munshi, Debjani Sengupta
Included for strong literature alignment with this indic list.
3. Imagining India in Modern China
Gal Gvili
Strong fit for this indic list in the indic lane.
4. Postliberalization Indian Novels in English
Aysha Iqbal Viswamohan
Fits this list for its focus on indic.
5. The World of Agha Shahid Ali
Tapan Kumar Ghosh, Sisir Kumar Chatterjee
Strong fit for this indic list in the indic lane.
6. Untouchable Fictions
Toral Jatin Gajarawala
Included for strong fiction alignment with this indic list.
7. The World, the Text, and the Indian
Scott Richard Lyons
Strong fit for this indic list in the native american lane.
8. More Than Real
David Shulman, David Dean Shulman
Included for strong book club alignment with this indic list.
9. V. S. Naipaul's Journeys
Sanjay Krishnan
Strong fit for this indic list in the indic lane.
10. Interpreter of Maladies
Jhumpa Lahiri, Domenico Starnone
Included for strong short story alignment with this indic list.
11. R. K. Narayan
John Thieme
Included for strong writing alignment with this indic list.
12. Prose of the World
Saikat Majumdar
Strong fit for this indic list in the african lane.
13. Understanding Bharati Mukherjee
Ruth Maxey
Included for strong literary alignment with this indic list.
14. Transformed by India
Stephen P Huyler, Dalai Lama
Included for strong memoir alignment with this indic list.
15. The Modernity of Sanskrit
Simona Sawhney
Strong fit for this indic list in the indic lane.
16. No Country
Sonali Perera
Strong fit for this indic list in the african lane.
17. India: a Traveler's Literary Companion
Chandrahas Choudhury, Anita Desai
Included for strong short story alignment with this indic list.
18. Sakuntala
Romila Thapar
Strong fit for this indic list in the indic lane.
19. Mughal Arcadia
Sunil Sharma
Included for strong book club alignment with this indic list.
20. Speaking of the Self
Anshu Malhotra, Siobhan Lambert-Hurley
Strong fit for this indic list in the indic lane.
21. Divine Color
Laura Weinstein, Mark Baron
Strong fit for this indic list in the indian & south asian lane.
22. Reimagining Indians
Sherry L. Smith
Strong fit for this indic list in the native american lane.
23. Hindoo Holiday
J. R. Ackerley, Eliot Weinberger
Fits this list for its focus on indic.
24. Jaya
Kevin McGrath
Included for strong book club alignment with this indic list.

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