Synopsis "Indian Women Writers : Critical Perspectives is a collection of essays on some of the prominent women writers in India. The novelists whose works discussed in the volume include Kamala Markandaya, Anita Desai, Gita Mehta, Nayantara Sahagal, Arundhati Roy, Ashapurna Devi and Kundanika Kapadia. The contributors to the volume are Prof. Jaydipsinh Dodiya, Dr. K.V. Surendran, Dr. Gajendra Kumar, Dr. P.D. Dubbe, Dr. Purnima Mehta, Twinkle B. Manavar, Ramesh Kumar Gupta, Dr. Krishna Dayal Sharma, Dr. M. Narendra, Dr. G.D. Barche, Dr. N.V. Raveendran, Dr. Nalini J. Thampi, Dr. Savita Goel, Dr. A.R. Shukla, Sheetal Y. Thakore, Dr. Indira Nityanandan and Dr. K. Ratna Shiela Mani. At a time when Indian writing in English and in translation are getting more focus than ever before, this volume, it is hoped, will be of tremendous use to the students who pursue research on Indian authors in particular and the academic community in general."