The book is a panorama of practical criticism so far as Indian English Literature is concerned. The chapters explore divergent critical perspectives on aesthetic and ethical evaluation of literature, democratic values, colourful paradigms, relevance of Gandhian philosophy, emotional and patriarchal hegemony of society, marginalized alienation, crusade against corruption, and religious fanaticism.

Poetry, drama, and fiction are the fields cultivated by a sort of philosophical enquiry. The eminent authors coming under the critical purview in this anthology include Aravind Adiga, K.V. Raghupati, Nissim Ezekiel, Bhabani Bhattacharya, Vijay Tendulkar, Anita Desai, Toru Dutt, Sarojini Naidu, Chetan Bhagat, and R.K. Narayan.

The readers will feel that they have become able to collect the essential raw material in a compact and concise form. Thus, the book is in all its totality a manifestation of brevity.