Synopsis This compendium of informed critical study covers almost all the major authors of Modern Indian Writing in English like Rabindra Nath Tagore, Mulk Raj Anand, Raja Rao, R.K. Narayan, Bhabani Bhattacharya, Chaman Nahal, Khushwant Singh, Arun Joshi, U.R. Anantha Murthy, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Anita Desai. Nayantara Sahgal, Shashi Despande, Nissim Ezekiel, P. Lal, Kamala Das Jayanta Mahapatra, O.P. Bhatnagar, A.K. Ramanujan, Arun Kolatkar and Girish Karnad. The contributors include D.S. Mishra, Anupam Nagar, C.M. Mukhermjee, Easterine Iralu, Basavraj Naikar, Mallikarjun Patil, Darshana Trivedi, Ananya S. Guha, A.J. Sebastian, Mani Methei. P. Dhanavel, Savita Geok and others. This is the student-oriented book, which aims to serve the purpose of general reader as much as the teachers and scholars. The anthology is a companion volume. A sequel to my Contemporary Indian writing in English: critical perceptions.