At Scroll.in Ulka Anjaria finds: 'Choosing what to read is playing a crucial role in the uneasy conflict between the mother-tongue and English', in Reading Chetan Bhagat in Dhaka: the anxiety of English literature.
(Chetan Bhagat is of course the immensely popular (writing-in-English-)Indian author -- whose success hasn't quite ... translated to the US/UK (several of his titles are under review at the complete review; see, for example, One night @ the call center, which was actually published in US/UK editions as well).)
An interesting (beginning of a) discussion -- as is also the notion, re. Bhagat, that:
(Chetan Bhagat is of course the immensely popular (writing-in-English-)Indian author -- whose success hasn't quite ... translated to the US/UK (several of his titles are under review at the complete review; see, for example, One night @ the call center, which was actually published in US/UK editions as well).)
An interesting (beginning of a) discussion -- as is also the notion, re. Bhagat, that:
Without explicitly saying so, his works shift attention from the traumas of South Asia's past to the shared anxieties of its future.The shift in attention may be welcome, but I'm not sure his works are best suited for leading the way .....