Synopsis The present book is the third collection of Professor Mathur’s papers. The range of the essays is wide both in time and theme. It contains studies on certain aspects of two of the pioneers—Mulk Raj Anand and R.K. Narayan, later novelists like Arun Joshi and Salman Rushdie, followed by studies of more recent writers like Shashi Tharon, Amitav Ghosh, Jhumpa Lahiri, Rohinton Mistry and a few other novelists who have attempted to give new and interesting content to this form. Most of the studies in the book are from entirely fresh and challenging perspectives and should be of interest and profit to scholars, students and general readers alike.