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| Home > Indian Literature > Contemporary Indian Literature
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| | Contemporary Indian Literature
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It is vast in scope and encompasses literature in various genres and styles. Contemporary literature is influenced in content by the western philosophy and thought, however it maintains its unique Indian flavour. In the arena of world literature it occupies a position of pride for its richness and originality. Contemporary indian literature still bears some of the colonial impact and writers often base their works in the colonial backdrop.However this is not something unusual for a nation under colonial rule for such a long period.
Contemporary indian writers have taken to writing in English and often their themes are based on an indian set up. Contemporary writers like Arundhati Roy, Vikram Seth, Jhumpa Lahiri etc have won international awards and put India firmly on the world`s literary map.
Contemporary indian writers are also very conscious about their own culture and traditions hence we have a large body of vernacular language and literature flourishing in it. While some of the authors write in english most of them continue to write in their colloquial language, the philosophy and thought behind their works show influences of western thought and principles. It is remarkable that these author have maintained the unique flavour of their region in their works and given it a modern dimension
The literary genre of the contemporary Indian literature are manifold.
Today we have novels, plays, short stories, literary criticism, science fiction, poetry etc Let us discuss some of the contemporary writers and their works below:
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