Image of India in the Indian Novel in English 1960-1985

includes index and biblioraphy

Literature as Ideology: Raja Rao`s The Serpent and the Rope ..................1 Rise of the Demos: A study of Malgonkar`s the Princes ..............12 West meets east: A study of Kamala Markandaya`s Possession ................21 The Ailing aliens: Anita Desai`s Bye Bye Blackbird as a Symptomatic Study in Schizophrenia ..................36 Destiny if a Nation : Arun joshi`s The Apprentice ..........51 The HOthouse Cactus : A note on R K narayan`s The Painter of Signs ........61 Makarand Paranjape : Critique of COmmunism in Raja Rao`s Comrade Kirillov ...........69 Shirish V Chindhade: The Triumph of Timeless India : Rama Mehta`s Inside the Haveli ..........84 Fictional Montage in anitha Desai`s Fire on the Mountain ..........92 The Four - Dimensional Reality : Anita Desai`s Clear Light of Day .........102 A metaphor of Reality: A study of the Protagonist of Midnight`s Children .....113 The perfect bubble: A study of Anita Desai`s in Custory ...123 An Image of India in Shouri Daniel`s A city of Children ................135