Synopsis This compendium of informed critical study covers selected authors of contemporary Indian literature like Kamala Markandaya, Salman Rushdie, Vikram Seth, Amitav Ghosh, Upamanyu Chatterjee, Basavaraj Naikar, Ashapurna Debi, Shashi Despande, Shobha De, Manju Kapur, Arundhati Roy, Chitra Banerjee, Shashi Tharoor, David Davidar, Rohinton Mistry, Bharati Mukherjee, Jhumpa Lahiri, Kavery Nambisan, P. Lal, Shiv K. Kumar, Mahesh Dattani, Sasthi Brata and V.S. Naipaul. The contributors include Anand Mahanand, Savita Goel, Nidhi Tiwari, K.C. Mishra, Jibesh Bhattacharya, S.P. Swain, Alka Singh, Mithilesh K. Pandey, Tapati Lahiri, Rita Joshi, Meenakshi Raman, C.C. Mishra, Jaydeep Sarangi, A.K. Vishnu and others. This is a student-oriented book that also aims to serve the purpose of the general reader as much as the scholars and teachers. The anthology is a companion volume, a sequel to my Modern Indian Writing in English: Critical Perceptions (2004).