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compiled by Shyamala A. Narayan
Introduction
The best works of the year are marked by a concern with contemporary India; this concern is evidenced not by an open philosophising about Indian conditions or talk about its ancient cultural heritage, now decaying, but by the vivid portrayal of characters who happen to be Indians living in India. Shiv K. Kumars The Bones Prayer, Chaman Nahals The English Queens, Raji Narasimhans Forever Free or even a short first novel like Gautam Sens Marbles at Midnight are all based on the creative writers first hand experience of urban life in India today. And it is just this felt experience, transmuted into art, that marks out Eunice de Souzas first collection of poems, Fix. Eunice de Souzas poems are marked by a maturity astonishing in a first book; it is clear that she has waited for each poem to be fully realized before putting it into print. Her work is characterised by irony, at times delicate, but often quite savage. The earlier poems deal with her Goan community; it becomes very real to the reader, as the poets technique is to present portraits of individuals fixed in a pitiless light which clearly shows up their frailties. Right from the first poem, one realises that here is something very different from the usual woolly outpourings of Indian versifiers. I quote the first poem in full:
CATHOLIC MOTHER Frances X. DSouza father of the year. Here he is top left the one smiling.
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By the Grace of God he says wcvt had seven children

(in seven years)
Were One
Big Happy Family
God Always Provides India will Suffer for her Wicked Ways (these Hindu buggers got no ethics) Pillar of the Church says the parish priest Lovely Catholic Family says Mother Superior
the pillars wife
says
nothing.
The economy of words is remarkable; the travails of the mother with seven children in seven years is accurately captured by the wife saying nothing while others are indulging in praising the big family. The later poems deal with the poets own predicament; the proper ironical distance is maintained from her own pain. There are some lighter poems in the collection, such as My Students which considers English teaching in India:
My students think it funny

that Daruwallas and de Souzas should write poetry. Poetry is facry lands forlorn. Women writers Miss Austen. Only foreign men air their crotches.
But Indians continue to produce creative work in English, and the best work of 1979 has come from teachers and critics like Eunice de Souza. Shiv K. Kumar, the distinguished poet and critic, has brought out his first novel; he has already published a drama and some short stories. The Bone.r Prayer revolves around Suresh Gupta, and is narrated by his friend and confidant Sunil Sharma, both of whom are lecturers in philosophy. Suresh falls in love with his beautiful student Sheila, and thinks of marrying her, but she is a flirt; Sunil observes her infidelity and warns Suresh about it. The sensitive Suresh attempts suicide, but Sunil saves him. He also wangles a professors post for him in the U . S . A . , hoping that a change of scene would help him. There the pattern is repeated; Suresh falls in love with an American student, and commits suicide when she jilts him. Kumar
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gives a true picture of modern India, where everyone is interested in gossip; characters are all drawn from real life the rich girl Sheila, equating liberty with promiscuity; her father the civil servant whose
-
influence extends
to
the
state
governor,
or
the narrow-minded
philosophy professor who is the head of the department. Kumar effectively describes the culture shock the conservative Indian Suresh feels when faced with the permissive society abroad. One subconsciously expects the style to be complex and involuted because the writer is a well known poet, but the language is direct and forceful, with no unnecessary poetical allusions (other than the title). Raji Narasimhans literary criticism is better known than her fiction, though she has published a novel and a collection of short stories after Sensibility Under Stress: Aspects of Indo-English Fiction (1976). Her new novel Forever Free is an impressive portrait of a mixed-up young girl who is groping for emancipation, but does not know what she wants. Shrees marriage, arranged by her parents, is not a success it is a conflict of personalities and cultures. None of the girls in her husbands family has studied beyond the eighth class in school, and they are suspicious of this bookish graduate bride. They are orthodox Tamil brahmins from Madurai in South India, and the Delhi-bred girl Shree finds it difficult to adjust to their ways. Her husband too is suspicious of her, and she finally leaves him and comes back to Delhi. She immediately finds a job as a journalist, and starts living alone. Raji Narasimhan shows an intimate knowledge of
-
the the various cultural strands that make up modern Indian life is which it false note the ease with a and a room: is Shree job only gets
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just not possible. Manohar Malgonkars new novel, set in modern India, is based on the script he wrote for a Hindi film which was never produced. Open Season is an entertaining story of a young man going abroad for higher studies, and tempted to settle in the U.S.A. because of better material conditions. But all ends well, with the hero coming back to India and doing his bit for the country. Malgonkar has also published a biography of a forgotten Indian hero, The Sea Hawk: The Life and Battles of Kanhoji Angrey. It is a good account of this Maratha generals naval battles, and the petty Englishmen who ruled Bombay
the time. Some historical novels have appeared. M. V. Rama Sarmas The Bliss of Life is about the legendary-historical figure Kshetrayya; the novelist successfully conveys the atmosphere of the times in which this saint-composer lived. Vera Chatterjees All This i.r Ended, based on the life of Begum Sumroo, lacks the force of Gidwanis The Sword
at
90
of Tipu Sultan ( 1976) in spite of the unusual heroine daughter of a Muslim nobleman, she married two Christians (both foreign adventurers), herself commanded a brigade of soldiers, later became a convert to Christianity and built a magnificant church. Nurjaban by Jyoti Jafa adds nothing new to the story of the Mogul Queen.
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Two more first novels deserve attention. In Night of the Seven Dawns Anita Kumar writes about the anguish of a Hindu mother when she realises that her son, abandoned during the Partition, has become an officer in the Pakistani army. The novel is set in 1963, when hostilities are on the point of breaking out between India and Pakistan in Kashmir. Ms Kumar writes with psychological insight, but the novel gives the effect of breaking off halfway, before the characters introduced can be fully developed. Gautam Sens Marbles at Midnight is about a Calcutta graduates attempts to work as a schoolteacher, against the wishes of his father who discourages him because the job has little social status. The majority of Indian-English novels (including Chaman Nahals award-winning Azadi) are serious. The English Queens is completely different. Nahal irreverently unfolds a vile plot hatched by Lord Mountbatten, the last British Viceroy of India, to ensure Indias subjugation to England. On the eve of his handing over political power he prepares a charter for the &dquo;safe transfer of linguistic power&dquo; by which he gifts the English language to India; to preserve, propagate and spread English in India he appoints six women to The Order of the Queens&dquo;. The novel opens with the queens living in an exclusive New Delhi colony. A young girl from this elite falls in love with a man from a basti, a working class slum colony. Worst of all, from the queens point of view, is the fact that this man is an expert in classical Indian music, and wears Indian clothes. There is a confrontation between the rich and the basti people, but the queens finally agree to the match (as they plan to get a divorce later on). Then the story goes straight into the realms of fantasy. At the marriage ceremony, the young man reveals himself as a new avatar of Vishnu, Lord Chetana (understanding, intelligence) who has come to remove this pernicious second hand English culture. He flies back to heaven with the charter, but it drops out of his hand accidentally, and comes back to India to continue its destructive work. Nahal is not against the English language as such. His satire is directed against the Englishspeaking elite in this country who think it shameful to know anything about their own culture. Nahal gives us an accurate picture of affluent urban circles in India, where English has a snob value.
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In an attempt to do something to remedy the situation he criticises in his novel, Chaman Nahal has started editing a magazine, The Humanities Review: A Journal of Contemporary Ideas; it carries some thought-provoking articles and excellent book reviews. Many new journals have appeared. The India Literary Review, started in 1978, carries an interview with a literary figure followed by critical articles on his work in almost every issue. Tenor, The Indian Scholar and The Literary Endeavour have all been started by English teachers. Jayanta Mahapatra, the poet, edits Chandrabhaga: A Magazine of World WAting . The bulk of criticism appears in journals, though two collections of essays by diverse critics have been published: Aspects of Indian Writing in English ed. M. K. Naik to honour K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar, the father of Indian Writing in English on his crossing seventy, and Indian Writing in English ed Krishna Nandan Sinha, based on papers read at a seminar in the University of Bihar, Muzaffarpur, in 1977. The increasing interest in Commonwealth Literature is evident from the important seminars held in 1979. Commonwealth Literature: A Comparative Study was organized in April-May at the University of Mysore, while the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, hosted a seminar on Commonwealth Literature in November. A South-East Asian Seminar on Towards the Definition of a Modern Classic&dquo; was held at Dhvanyaloka, Mysore, from 30th September to 4th October. The Literary Criterion Centre for English Studies and Indigenous Arts at Dhvanyaloka started by Professor C. D.
Narasimhaiah aims to provide a centre outside University departments for younger research scholars. The centre hopes to organize periodical seminars and get togethers of researchers, senior teachers and visiting scholars from abroad, and will have a good library. It also plans to hold workshops for college and university teachers, and for scholars, critics and translators, and to undertake the publication of books and monographs in criticism. This effort by an individual is particularly laudable at a time when Government agencies are becoming corrupt and inefficient. The bibliography which follows contains articles published in 1978 as well as in 1979. The Journals section lists only those periodicals from which critical articles have been mentioned in this bibliography. Almost all the journals listed inJCL XIII, 2 continue to appear, though with increased subscription rates.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bibliographies
GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES
Journal of Indian Writing in English VII 1 contains Bibliography of the Indo-English Short Story 1945-75
Dhalla.
BIBLIOGRAPHIES PUBLISHED SERIALLY
pp 36-41 A ed Kamal H.
Accessions List India XVIII 1-12
Library
of
Congress Office,
New Delhi;
monthly.
Indian Books in Print: A Bibliography of Indian Books Published up to December 1977 3 vols Indian Bibliographies Bureau (Delhi) Rs 150.00
each vol.
Poetry
Ali, Agha Shahid In Memory of Begum Akhtar 48 Writers Workshop
(Calcutta) csd Rs20.00 pa Rs10.00. Bandyopadhyay, Pranab Gautama Becomes Buddha 101 United Writers (Calcutta) Rs30.00. Chakravarti, C. V. Flutings in the Sailing Boat 47 Pvtly Pbld (Warangal) 1978 price not stated. Chibber, Dinesh Niharika 36 Writers Workshop (Calcutta) csd Rs20.00 pa
Rs10.00.
New Quest 17 311-22 (see Journals Daruwalla, Keki N. Hunger — 74 ). Das, Kamala Tonight, This Savage Rite: The Love Poems of Kamala Das
and Pritish Nandy 55 Arnold-Heinemann (New Delhi) Rs30.00.
Das, Kishori Charan Faces in the Dark 23 United Writers (Calcutta)

Rs15.00. de Souza, Eunice Fix 37 Newground (Bombay) Rs 15 .00 Dileep, M. M. Lyrics and Idylls 44 Writers Workshop (Calcutta) csd Rs25.00 pa Rs15.00. Gupta, Sushil Kumar Most Beloved 28 United Writers (Calcutta) Rs20.00. Guptara, Prabhu S. Continuations 52 Writers Workshop (Calcutta) csd
Rs30.00 pa Rs15.00.
Hasart, Sukhpalvir Singh The Spring: A Collection of Poems 59 Modern
Pblrs (Chandigarh) 1978 Rs25.00. Iyengar, K. R. Srinivasa Leaves from a Log 96 Arnold-Heinemann (New Delhi) Rs35.00. Jacob, S. Scattered Stars 28 United Writers (Calcutta) Rs 15.00. Jain, Sunita Beneath the Frost 48 Indian Literary Review Edns (New Delhi) Rs25.00.
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Joshi, Dhruva Kumar Ash-Flowers Writers Workshop (Calcutta) csd Rs20.00

pa Rs10.00.
Kalia, Mamta Poems 78 26 Writers Workshop (Calcutta) csd Rs20.00 pa

Rs10.00.
Katrak, K. D. Underworld 52 Writers Workshop (Calcutta) csd Rs25.00 pa

Rs15.00. Kaur, Prabhjot Dreams Die Young 68 Indian Literary Review Edns (New Delhi) Rs25.00. Kirpal, Prem The Cosmic Sea and Other Poems 160 Arya Book Depot (New
Delhi) Rs40.00.
Kulkarni, Hemant Driftwood from the Beach
28 Writers
Workshop (CalcutRs15.00 pa
10 9-11
ta) csd Rs15.00 pa Rs10.00. ——The Flaming Sword 28 United

Rs10.00.
Writers
(Calcutta) csd
Kumar, Shiv K. Five Poems The Indian Literary Review I
(see
). Journals
Kurmanadham, K. Lilt of Halo
Rs30.00.
78 Pvtly Pbld (Vizianagaram) Rs12.00. Mahapatra, Jayanta Waiting 69 Samkaleen Prakashan (New Delhi)
Mahapatra,
Sitakant Gestures
of Intimacy
104 United Writers
(Calcutta)
Rs45.00.
Malik, Keshav Storm Warning 56 Samkaleen Prakashan (New Delhi)

Rs10.00. ——Ten Poems Indian Horizons XXVI & XXVII 4&1
45-53 ( see
Journals ). Mandovi, Loy Ramesh City of Blood 20 Rs20.00 pa Rs10.00.

pa Rs15.00.
Writers
Workshop (Calcutta) csd
Moulik, Mani An Endless Feast 54 Writers Workshop (Calcutta) csd Rs30.00
Nandy, Pritish Anywhere is Another Place 48 Arnold-Heinemann (New Delhi) Rs20.00. The Selected Poems of Pritish Nandy ed Krishna Srinivas 64 Poet Press —— India (Madras) pa Rs10.00. ——Tonight This Savage Rite see Das item above. Puri, Rakshat In the Chronicles: Poems 80 Parag Prakashan (New Delhi)
Rs20.00.
Raina, A. N. Back to Life 40 United Writers (Calcutta) Rs20.00.

Ramesh, A. R. Words and Rains 38 Writers Workshop (Calcutta) csd
——Bird of Jesus 32 United Writers (Calcutta) Rs20.00.
Rs30.00 pa Rs15.00. Ray, Shreela The Passion of Draupadi 106 Writers Workshop (Calcutta) csd Rs40.00 pa Rs15.00.
Rodrigues,
Manuel C. Selected Poems xix + 51 Rodrigues (Bombay) Rs10.00. 45 Prayer Books (Calcutta) Rs20.00. Roy, Renuka On Your Window-Sill Stories and Poems 60 + 12 Writers Workshop (Calcutta) Burrs: Gautam Sen, csd Rs40.00 pa Rs20.00.
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Srinivasan, Banumathi C-Flat: Poems 29 Writers Workshop (Calcutta) csd
Rs20.00 pa Rs10.00.
Vatuk, Ved Thinking of You 67 Usha Pblns (New Delhi) Rs10.00.
Verma,
Raj Talisman of Love
48 Writers
Workshop (Calcutta) csd
Rs20.00
pa Rs10.00.
Zaidi, Zahida Broken Mirror Prayer Books (Calcutta) Rs20.00.

Drama
Raman, S. Karna: A Verse Play 46 Writers Workshop (Calcutta) csd Rs20.00
pa Rs10.00. Roy, Dilip Kumar Chaitanya and
Mira: Two Ashram (Pondicherry) pa Rs40.00.

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Plays
197 Sri Aurobindo
Fiction
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Abbas, Khwaja Ahmad The Naxalites
112 Lok Pblns
(Delhi) Rs35.00.
——Equilibrium of an Emperor The Indian Literary Review I 1 (1978) 416 (see Journals ); short story. ——Sparrows The Indian Literary Review 17&8 (1978) 12-18; short story. Amanuddin, Syed Passage to the Himalayas 123 Prayer Books (Calcutta)
Rs25.00.
Chatterjee, Vera All This is Ended: The Life and Times of H.H. the Begum Sumroo of Sardhana vii + 201 Vikas (New Delhi) csd Rs40.00 pa
Rs9.50.
Dalal, Nergis The Girls from Overseas 184 Hind (Delih) pa Rs8.00. Das, Manoj Trespassers The Indian Literary Review 12 (1978) 10-12. Devi, Santa and Sita Devi Tales of Bengal intro Edward Thompson
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Writers Workshop (Calcutta) csd Rs50.00 pa Rs20.00; first pbld 1919. Gantzer, Hugh Flashpoint 172 Vikas (New Delhi) csd Rs35.00 pa Rs7.50. Gargi, Balwant The Naked Triangle: An Autobiographical Novel 168 Vikas (New Delhi) csd Rs45.00 pa Rs9.00. Hosain, Attia Sunlight on a Broken Column 319 Arnold-Heinemann (New Delhi) Rs50.00; first pbld 1961. Hyder, Qurratulain A Womans Life 96 Chetana Pblns (New Delhi) Rs40.00; two novelettes. Jafa, Jyoti Nurjahan: A Historical Novel 283 Writers Workship (Calcutta) csd Rs50.00 pa Rs20.00. Jagtiani, G. M. God and Love: Fictional Short Stories in the Background of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Swami Vivekananda and the Ramakrishna Ashram xii + 122 Pvtly Pbld (Bombay) Rs5.00. Kapur, Vikram The Traumatic Bite 206 Vision Books (New Delhi) Rs25.00. Kumar, Anita The Night of the Seven Dawns: A War Novel 120 Vikas (New Delhi) csd Rs35.00 pa Rs7.50. Kumar, Shiv K. The Bones Prayer: A Novel 176 Arnold-Heinemann (New Delhi) Rs40. 00. ——Once is Never Enough Commonwealth Quarterly IV 13 37-46 (see ); short story. Journals
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——Peace Unto All The Indian Literary Review I 12 and II 1 14-21; short story. Malgonkar, Manohar Open Season 223 Orient Paperbacks (New Delhi)
Rs9.00.
Melwani, Murli Das Stories of a Salesman 140 Writers Workshop (Calcutta) csd Rs40.00 pa Rs20.00; first pbld 1967.
Menon, E. P. Seven Hours
Rs10.00. ——Silent Storms 237
to
Dawn 176
Symphony
Pblns
(Bangalore)
Symphony Pblns (Bangalore) Rs10.00.
Nahal, Chaman, The English Queens: A Novel 168 Vision Books (New
Delhi) Rs45.00.
Narasimhan, RajiForever Free 157 Hind (Delhi) pa Rs7.00.
Narayan,
R. K. Best
of Narayan
220 Vision Books
(New Delhi) Rs45.00;
selection.
——Mister Sampath 279 Hind (Delhi) pa Rs9.00; first pbld 1949. ——The Man-Eater of Malgudi 232 Hind (Delih) pa Rs11.00; first
pbld
1961.
——The Cobbler and the God The Illustrated Weekly of India CI 44 40-1, 43, 45 (see Journals ); short story. ——The Edge The Illustrated Weekly of India CI 23 43-7; short story. Paintal, Veena Midnight Woman 232 Sterling (New Delhi) Rs40.00. Pinto, Lawrie Father Austin in Dustbin 193 Sanjivan Pub Assn (New Delhi) Rs8.00. Sharma, Ramachandra Gestures Bapco Pblns (Bangalore) 1978. Sahgal, Nayantara Crucify Me Indian Horizons XXVIII 4 20-4 (see Journals ); short story. Saigal, Omesh Dead End 119 Hind (Delhi) pa Rs6.00. Sarma, M. V. Rama The Bliss of Life 148 S. Chand (New Delhi) Rs15.00. Sen, Gautam Marbles at Midnight 84 Writers Workshop (Calcutta) csd Rs40.00 pa Rs20.00. ——Burrs: Stories and Poems see Poetry section. Singh, Narenderpal On the Crest of Time 110 Himalaya Books (New Delhi)
Rs30.00. Non-fiction
Anand, Mulk Raj Creative Process Littcrit 6 (1978) 1-3 (see Journals ); rep-
Desai, Anita The Timid Movement of a Wing The Indian Literary Review I
4 (1978) 11-13; on writing Indian-English novels. --Within Tradition IACLALS Newsletter 5 5-21 (see Journals ); on the Indian-English novel. Malgonkar, Manohar The Sea Hawk: Life and Battles of Kanboji Angrey 340 Vision Books (New Delhi) csd Rs40.00; 293 Orient Paperbacks (New
ly to a questionnaire. ——My Childhood The ). Journals
Indian
Literary Review
I 1
(1978) 37-40 (see
Delhi) Rs12.00.
96 R. K. Gods, Demons and Others 232 Hind (Delhi) pa Rs9.00; stories from Indian mythology first pbld 1964. ——The Mahabharata xx + 182 Indian Thought Pblns (Mysore) pa Rs12.00; first pbld 1978 Viking (New York) csd $12.50; a shortened modern prose version of the ancient Sanskrit epic. Singh, Ravindra I was a Drug Addict 199 Orient Paperbacks (New Delhi) Rs8.00.
Narayan,
Criticism
STUDIES OF INDIVIDUAL AUTHORS
Abbas, Khwaja Ahmad An Interview The Indian Literary Review I 5&6 (1978) 6-16 (see Journals ). Anand, Mulk Raj The Yoke of Pity: A Study of the Fictional Writings of Mulk Raj Anand Alastair Niven 128 Arnold-Heinemann (New Delhi)
Rs4.00. ——An Interview The Indian Literary Review I 3 (1978) 6-14. ——Between Two Heritages: A Note on Mulk Raj Anands Confession of a Lover G. K. Das The Indian Literary Review I 2 (1978) 16-20. ——Lament on the Death of a Master of Arts Premila Paul Journal of Indian Writing in English VI 2 (1978) 70-7 (see Journals). ——Lament on the Death of a Master of Arts : An Analysis P. Varalakshmi in VII 2 82-7. Journal of Indian Writing English ——The Theme of East-West Encounter in the Novels of Mulk Raj Anand Littcrit 7 (1978) 11-19 (see Journals S. M. Asnani ). ——Why Are Anands Later Novels Unsuccessful Amarjit Singh Commonwealth Quarterly 13 60-7 (see Journals ). Anant, Victor East-West Encounter in Raja Raos The Serpent and the Rope and Victor Anants The Revolving Man Shyamala A. Narayan The Indian Literary Review I 5&6 (1978) 50-5. Anantanarayanan, M. The Silver Pilgrimage: A Belated Response R. Ramachandra The Literary Criterion XIV 1 73-8 (see Journals ). Aurobindo, Sri The Dramatic Art of Sri Aurobindo A. K. Sinha v + 227 S.
Chand (New Delhi) Rs40.00. Idylls of the Occult: The Short Stories of Aurobindo M. K. Naik The —— Indian Literary Review I 5&6 (1978) 17-25. Bandyopadhyay, Pranab Pranab Bandyopadhyay: Interpretations ed Arnab Bandyopadhyay 107 United Writers (Calcutta) Rs25.00. ——The Poetry of Pranab Bandyopadhyay Prabhakar Machwe Commonwealth Quarterly 6 (1978) 28-38. Bhattacharya, Bhabani Bhabani Bhattacharya: His Vision and Themes K. K. Sharma 156 Abhinav Pblns (New Delhi) Rs40.00. ——Form, Technique and Style in Bhabani Bhattacharyas Novels S. M. Asnani Littcrit 8 29-37. ——Shadow from Ladakh: A Critical Viewpoint A. V. Krishna Rao The Literary Endeavour I 2 77-80 (see Journals ).
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——Social Commitment in Bhattacharyas Novels Syed Ameeruddm Litt crit 7 (1978) 20-30. Chatterjee, Bankim Chandra Bankim Chandra and the Indian Novel in English K. S. Ramamurti Journal of Indian Writing in English VI 2 (1978) 37-45. Chaudhuri, Nirad C. Nirad C. Chaudhuri: An Assessment C. Paul Verghese Littcrit 6 (1978) 4-14. ——Nirad Chaudhuri and Modern Indian Literature Alastair Niven Individual and Community in Commonwealth Literature ed D. Massa , General Studies ) 196-201. (see Commonwealth: General Dalal, Nergis Playing the Role in The Guide and The Inner Door O. P. Bhatnagar Commonwealth Quarterly 3 71-9. Das, Kamala Kamala Das and Nayar Heritage M. Elias Journal of Indian Writing in English VI 2 (1978) 15-24. ——Kamala Das and the Problem with "Composition" Kirpal Singh Journal of Indian Writing in English VII 1 1-9. ——Mary and Mira: A Study of Kamala Das I. K. Sharma Commonwealth
Quarterly
10
36-47.
Desai, Anita Movement and Stillness in Anita Desais Fire

monwealth
on the Mountain R. S. Sharma Littcrit 7 (1978) 1-6. ——Where Shall We Go This Summer: An Analysis R. S. Sharma Com-
Quarterly 10 50-69.
as Tale: An Examination of Witi Ihimaeras Tangi and G. V. Desanis Hali P. Ramamoorthy The Literary Criterion XIV 1 20-32. Dutt, Toru Evaluation of Toru Dutt: A Starting Point Amalendu Bose Commonwealth Quarterly 12 4-17. Ezekiel, Nissim An Interview The Indian Literary Review 1 10 2-8. ——The Pattern of Thought in "Poet, Lover, Birdwatcher" B. K. Das Journal of Indian Writing in English VII 2 46-9. Furtado, Joseph Social Realism in the Poetry of Joseph Furtado Syed
Desani, G. V. Culture
of Indian Writing in English VI 2 (1978) 28-35. Journal Amanuddin Ghose, Nobokissen Tribute to Nobokissen Ghose Mary Ann Dasgupta The
Indian P.E.N. XLIV 5&6 (1978) 10-12 (see Journals ); Nobokissen Ghose is better known by his pen name Ram Sharma. Jhabvala, R. Prawer More Talking of Heat and Dust D. Kohli The Indian Literary Review I 2 (1978) 35-9. ——The Problem of Focus in Jhabvalas Heat and Dust N. S. Pradhan The Indian Literary Review I1 (1978) 15-20. Joshi, Arun Crisis of Identity: Assertion and Withdrawal in Naipaul and Arun Joshi C. N. Srinath The Literary Criterion XIV 1 33-41; on A House for Mr. Biswas and The Strange Case of Billy Biswas. Joshi, Dhruvakumar Ash Flowers: Reflections of a Poet Dilip Kundargi Commonwealth Quarterly 13 106-12. Kannan, Lakshmi Lakshmi Kannan Lila Ray Commonwealth Quarterly 13 89-97.
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Kolatkar, Arun A Study of Arun Kolatkars Jejuri Karen Smith Commonwealth Quarterly 12 20-32. ——An Interview The Indian Literary Review I 4 (1978) 6-10. ——Jejuri: The Search for Place E. V. Ramakrishnan Journal of Indian Writing in English VI 1 (1978) 16-20. Kumar, Shiv K. Articulating the Silent: The Poetry of Shiv K. Kumar R. N. Srivastava Indian Writing in English VI 2 (1978) 1-12. of Journal Malgonkar, Manohar A Touch of Tar: Anglo-Indian Encounter in Malgonkars Combat of Shadows P. S. Mathur The Indian Literary Review I 12 & II 1 22-9. ——The Devils Wlind: The First Great Indo-Anglian Historical Novel P. XLVIII 2 72-9 (see Journals P. Mehta Triveni ). Marath, S. Menon Landscape of Nostalgia in Menon Maraths The Wound of Spring Mohamed Elias The Indian Literary Reivew I 9 21-5. : A Saga of Princely India S. Markandaya, Kamala The Golden Honeycomb P. Appasamy Journal of Indian Writing in English VI 2 (1978) 56-63.
Markandaya and the Outsider James Dale Individual and Community in Commonwealth Literature ed D. Massa (see Commonwealth : General , General Studies ) 188-195. R. An Interview The Indian Literary Review I 2 (1978) 6-9. K. Narayan, ——Crisis and Resolution in Narayans The Guide Satyanarain Sinha The Indian Literary Review I 3(1978) 19-22. ——Playing the Role in The Guide and The Inner Door see Dalal item
——Kamala
above. ——Realism in Literature: A Critique of R. K. Narayans The Guide N. XLVIII 3 81-5. Ranganath Triveni ——Some Miscellaneous Writings S. C. Harrex JCL VIII 1 65-76. ——The Cave and the Temple: Structural Symbolism in The Guide M. Sivaramakrishna Osmania Journal of English Studies XIV 1 (1978) 71-8
(see Journals).
M. K. Naik Journal of Indian Mystic Masseur and The Guide 1-14. VI 1 in (1978) Writing English ——The Talkative Man Stories of R. K. Narayan: A Study R. A. Jayantha The Literary Endeavour I 2 63-74. ——The Theme of Growing Up in The Bachelor of Arts Vineypalkaur Kirpal Commonwealth Quarterly 6 (1978) 50-65. Nahal, Chaman, The Novels of Chaman Nahal D. R. Sharma Journal of Indian Writing in English VII 1 13-18. Also in The Indian P.E.N. XLV ——The
1&2
1-5.
Nehru, Jawaharlal Nehru: The Poet Behind the Mask Hari Mohan Prasad
Journal of Indian Writing in English VII 1 19-22. Parthasarathy, R. Whoring After Native Gods: A Study of R. ParJournal of English Studies II 3&4 69 (see thasarathys Poetry R. K. Rao Journals). Ramanujan, A. K. A. K. Ramanujan: A Point of View R. S. Mishra Chandrabhaga 1 60-6 (see Journals).
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